Thompson River Substitute

[Sharphooks]

Where does a man go when it's December, he wants to catch steelhead on a fly, but he's reluctant to go join the pillagers and beat up on a dwindling population of wild fish, the numbers of which can probably be counted on the left hand of an amputee?

He goes south to Snake River country, that's where! Pictures, as they say, are worth a thousand words.

I apologize in advance for this greedy use of server space on a public forum....

 

[Sharphooks]

 

[rockdog]

Beautiful.

 

[Derby]

Just like the Thompson...looks like cool country......

 

[Dennis.t]

Nice. Wheres the Snake river? Down south somewhere im assuming.

 

[Sharphooks]

The Snake River has one bank in Idaho and one bank in Washington (also one bank in Oregon further upstream) ---it joins the Columbia at Kennewick, Wa.

Back before the dams it was probably as productive as the Skeena and Nass systems. The Clearwater River joins the Snake at Lewiston, Idaho---known as a big fish river; very similar fish as the "T" fish

 

[Derby]

The Snake River has one bank in Idaho and one bank in Washington (also one bank in Oregon further upstream) ---it joins the Columbia at Kennewick, Wa.

Back before the dams it was probably as productive as the Skeena and Nass systems. The Clearwater River joins the Snake at Lewiston, Idaho---known as a big fish river; very similar fish as the "T" fish

I believe gentically the Clearwater fish are connected...kinda like cousines...