Gnat Creek

[AndyK]

I fished Gnat Creek (Clatsop County) this morning. Quick summary: hooked two steelhead; landed one.

Both steelhead were hooked on yarn egg patterns. The first fish ran upstream and snagged the leader on a log, breaking off.

This is the second fish, a 26-inch hatchery male (this fish was released):

http://karamanos.net/sports/fish2004/steelhead39.jpg

1meg photo: http://karamanos.net/sports/fish2004/steelhead39a.jpg

Gnat Creek is a nice place to fish for several reasons: You don’t need to be an experienced steelheader with specialized equipment to catch a steelhead on a fly. I used my nine-weight rod with a floating line, nine-foot leader and yarn egg imitations. I fished just like I would nymph for trout. If you know how to catch trout on a nymph, you can catch steelhead here!

Gnat Creek is also one of those bodies of water that drops quickly after rain, so it is ready to fish before other coastal tributaries.

[TillamookChinook]

Thanks for the report and inspiration.

TC

[mandinga]

Nice fish!!!!!


winter or summer it is beautiful!!!

[Slow and Low]

Nice fish. Nice little stream.

[Navigator]

Nice. Thanks for the report. :cheers:

[globalfisher]

Thanks for the reports, nice fish!

[Chinookjinxd]

i was there last week i fished the camp ground and didnt see anything i thought mabe i was to early any advice ???

[SteelheadBum2]

so you guy's are using yarn patterns. I can't wait to get down there!! I'm thinking maybe a 6wt for a real fight!!! what pound tippets are you guys using

[AndyK]

I've been using my nine-weight rod and a 2X fluorocarbon leader. In that small stream, when the fish are in a feisty mood, there is no room to fight, so they will take off. That is why I lost the one fish; he ran <font color="red"> up </font> some rapids and fouled my line. If you are going to use a light rod, get ready to follow the fish!

[redfish89]

sounds like fun...Thanks for the report.