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Tom had a slow day on the Wallowa Yesterday. The weather was all over the map. Wind, rain, snow, and a bit of sun. He caught one beautiful Hen but that was it.

I am continuously amazed at the difference we have found in the amount of fish being caught between the road section of the Wallowa and the Rondowa section. We are not quite sure what is holding those fish down in the canyon. Maybe the low flows coming out of the Wallowa are not enticing the fish to move up river. They are holding in the bigger water down near Rondowa. The crazy weather could have affected the fish and their interest in biting.

We were sure excited to get down on the Train one last time on Tuesday.

Follow the link below to check out the latest Creel report. Tom is down on the Wallowa today so I will let you know what he finds this evening.

Creel Report Link: Creel%20Report%20March%2023rd%202010.pdf

Tom and I went for one final day of Train Access Steelhead fishing on the Wallowa River on Tuesday. Wow, what an incredible day. We caught 15 to 20 Steelhead between us and got sunburned to boot. There was one very unusual aspect to our day. As we stepped off of the train there was this a crowd of people with Huge cameras waiting for us. Paparazzi on the Wallowa? It looks like the Wallowa River Steelhead are experiencing their 15 minutes of fame. So if you head out on the Wallowa this Spring, beware of those flashes coming from the bushes. You may find yourself on the cover of the National Inquirer.

Wow, another day of amazing fishing. I guess our concerns in the upper section of the canyon have translated into some amazing "Catching" in the Roadless section of river accessed on the train.

Tom and his buddy Jake headed straight for Tom's Honey hole and proceeded to catch an "uncountable"amount of Steelhead in that 30 foot section of river. This was his initial report via phone last night but today I nailed him down to a number and he committed to 36 steelhead landed yesterday. The first 2 fish were caught on a Frozen reel. The temps warmed up enough by about 9:30am allowing him to actually use his reel to land the fish. They ended the day in short sleeves.

I just received a call from Tom who is currently guiding a few anglers on the Wallowa. He said that Pat has actually caught his first 3 Steelhead on a fly today.

Happy times had by all, except maybe a few unlucky fish. We wish Jon and his crew luck on their 3 day float from Minam to Mud Creek. I will pass along their report on Wednesday upon their return.

We fished the Wallowa again yesterday, March 18th. We found the fishing to be a little slow. The fish did not seem to be holding in the typical water that we usually find them in. They seemed to be on the move and very active. We did notice fish jumping and making their way upriver.

I took a water temp measurement and found that our measurement from the 17th was accurate. The water temp was 49degrees and has been holding. We are thinking that the runoff from last weeks snow event has caused this spike in the temperature. This has in turn energized those fish to get on the move.

The 2 Steelhead that we did catch yesterday were caught in the faster moving water at the top of the runs. The fish were hooked right where the water spilled from the swift riffle into the slower moving run. They seemed to be staging themselves in this water preparing for the big push up through the faster moving riffles.

The train goes out tomorrow so we should get some really good data about the fishing down there tomorrow night.

Let me know what you are finding out there.

I joined Tom and Jake for a few hours of steelheading on the Wallowa yesterday. They had reported catching 4 fish on Tuesday so I thought I better go check it out.

Our concerns about the rapid snow melt blowing out the river have been unwarranted. The water didn't seem to have come up at all and the color was not off a bit. Still clear. All of that snow that has disappeared, from my yard, in the past 2 days must have just gone right in to the ground. Conditions are still looking good. We did take a water temp yesterday and found the water temp to read 50degrees. This was hard to believe so I am going to bring a 2nd thermometer to confirm temps today. I also wanted to report that we saw very little pressure yesterday and were able to get in all of the water that we wanted to.

The fish that we are catching are very active. All of them are jumping and running up and down during the fight. I just got a new helmet cam today and plan on getting back down there to capture some footage. Looks like another short sleeve day in the canyon.

Hope to see everyone on the last Steelhead train of the season.