First of all "Happy New Year !" and Thank you for your patronage during the past year of great fishing. The steelhead season this year is starting off as a real roll-a-coaster. The weather or rain has been the biggest factor in being able to catch good numbers of fish. Most of the time lately the rivers have been either on the margin of being high and un-fishable or blown out completely. When the rivers do come in like the last few days on the Chetco the fishing can be good to great. On New Year Eve, I got to sit in the front seat with Alan Borges and one of his clients and we went 6 for 7, with most of the fish averaging 14 pounds. Yesterday, I fished a single and we went 2 for three. The Smith has also dropped into shape, but the scores for most guides were running anywhere from 0 to 3 fish per boat. The weather forecast is calling for more rain and will probably blow out both river within the next couple of days. When the rain stops and the river begin to drop the fishing should be good to excellent on both rivers. I still have days available throughout the season, so now is the time to start planning your fishing adventure and give me a call. Picture below are some of the fish caught over the last couple of days.