My 1st Steelhead trip is coming soon.

[MarkT]

Nice going Peaches... that ain't no Walleye!

[Wally15]

Fished N fork of Umpqua. Caught 3 Steelhead today, and two small Cutthroat. All c&r. Wx was very good. 62 high, brief shower, not much wind. All 3 Fish are very different. Constant sometimes heavy rain forecast next 2 days. At least the temps will be in the 50's.

[Jimmer]

Beautiful trout Mike, what an awesome trip!  -  Jimmer

[Gfish]

Nice! 2-chromer lady's and a big male startin to get some color. Glad you didn't get rained out early-on. They look like wild fish(have the adipose fin intact), godda let 'em go...What'ed they eat?

[Keta]

90%+ of the steelhead in the north fork are wild.  The south fork drainage has most of the hatchery fish.

[Hardy Boy]

Nice Mike. I hope you were using a single action center pin reel !!

Cheers:

Todd

[El Pescador]

Nice going Peaches...

Wally, I'm not up to speed on this, BUTT why PEACHES??

The North Fork of the Umpqua River is TOPS for the most beautiful river I've ever fished.

I've spent my time south of where you are, most of my steelhead fishing has been on the Elk River, using the steelblue Lodge as my base camp.   It is on the Elk River, 7 miles upstream from Port Orford, OR.

Have also fished the Sixes and Coquille rivers.  A dozen trips or so with my sons over the years.  I should post those photos.

There is still NO BETTER photo than a GRIP and GRIN   Photo!!!   Looks like a great trip for you.

Wayne

[foakes]

Thanks for the report and photos, Mike —

I took the liberty of re-orienting and straightening the (1) photo that was sideways.

Best, Fred

[Keta]

Wally, I'm not up to speed on this, BUTT why PEACHES??

Mike lives in Georgia, Georgia is known for peaches, we could call him worse but the rules here do not allow it.

[MarkT]

Nice going Peaches...

Wally, I'm not up to speed on this, BUTT why PEACHES?

We like Mike! He's actually a Tarheel living in Georgia... you can't always control what you do for love but he's a peach about it none the less!

He probably holds it against me for tagging with Peaches but I'm sure it's better than other things he's been called in the last!

[Swami805]

Looks like fun, those fish look like rockets

[Keta]

[Donnyboat]

Look like your having a good time Mike, thanks for taking us along, cheers Don.

[steelfish]

now thats how a planned fishing trip needs to be.

[alantani]

nice one!!!!!