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From: tomg@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Thomas J. Gilg)
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
Subject: Re: penn state angling professor
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Date: 17 Jan 90 16:39:58 GMT
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>	The first Spring Chinook was caught in the Willamette 2 weeks ago
>	near Oregon City.  There should be some early Chinook along with
>	winter steelhead available in the Willamette off the mouth of the
>	Clackamas River when the water drops and clears.  I'll be 
>	ready.  I'm making a new batch of Salmon killing spinners this week.

Talking about low water, how about the Steelhead runs.  So far, the Alsea
River I like to hit has had 400 fish to the hatchery, when even an average
year should have had 2,000+ by this time.  So far, I've yet to get a winter
Steelhead on a fly, but I have managed a fair number of cutts.

$BITCH_ON

Clearly the low water conditions have hurt the winter Steelhead runs
to date.  People are also speculating that the drift-net crapola is
also partly to blame.  One local fishing newspaper mentioned that of
the Steelhead being caught, many show signs of net marks.  I hope the
movement to have drift net fishing banned keeps growing.

$BITCH_OFF

Thomas Gilg
tomg@cv.hp.com