They don’t get much prettier than these December Steelhead. Had the pleasure of joining friend Ken Berryhill on a trip to the Smith River in CA. Ken has been friends with Mike Coopman of Mike Coopman’s Guide Service for a long time, and we had a great couple of days on the river together. Low and clear conditions meant you had to work hard and be very stealthy for these skittish fish. Mike really knows this river intimately and he was able to use his expertise to put us on fish despite the very difficult conditions.

Anyone interested in booking a trip to the Smith River, give Mike Coopman a call.
You won’t be disappointed. He is very professional and will work very hard to give you an unforgettable fishing adventure.
Phone: #707-218-4501
Email: catchin2manyfish@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.mikecoopmansguideservice.com/

My biggest steelhead to date:

Ken Berryhill with a bent rod:

Clear water Chrome:

Pretty face:

Ken with a nice chromer:

Me with a bright fish:

Tight Lines!!

Had a great day on the water with my friend Jon Geyer. The summer steelhead still are willing to bite despite the cold weather we have been having. Got them on a mix of plugs, ugly bug flies, and glo-bugs. We even scored a nice upper river Coho on a plug. I think we landed 7 Steelhead and the one Coho between us for the day. Jon hooked 2 fish back to back on consecutive casts, in two different spots on the float!! All fish were released. Winter steelhead are coming……..can’t wait!!!

Had a nice day on the water with my Dad and Jon in the upper Rogue. Beautiful weather and some cooperative fish made for a fantastic day. My dad had a blast fighting all the hard pulling acrobatic steelhead to the boat. The smile says it all!

The steelhead fishing on the upper Rogue continues to be great. Love those feisty, acrobatic steelhead of summer! My long time friend Frank came up for a visit and we had a blast. We had an epic day landing many nice steelhead!

Had a good day with George and Alan. We even found some willing fish that wanted to play.

Heres Alan with a nice hen:

George with a nice hen also:

At the takeout, came across this young mink enjoying his prize of a salmon carcass:

Tight Lines!!!!

Had a great day on the water with friends John Geyer and Cory Brenner. Several fish landed and a few that threw the ugly bugs. Nice cool day for a change made it a wonderful day on the water.

Had a blast today with my friend George Freitas and his son-in-law Caleb. Fishing was good. We caught fish on both Kwikfish and backbouncing eggs. A fine day indeed.

George bent to the cork on a once retired old Fenwick rod that was brought back to life with a new Reel Tech wrap job:

Caleb Bent on a Rogue River Chinook:

Commited biter:

George and I breaking in a new Reel Tech Custom Rod:

Fall salmon fishing has been great on the Rogue. Here are some photos of some recent catches and some bent rods!!

Here is my Dad bendo on a Rogue River Salmon:

Happy man:

Good friend Mike Mull bent to the cork:

Some meat for Mike:

Mike and My Dad with their load: