This was the first year for the Klamath Fishout Formerly known as the Trinity Fishout. I know that some of the people who went on the trip are looking at that ?30 Plus Steelhead Day!!!!!!!!!!? and saying, ?Who is he trying to kid?. We were there and the river was blown out.? I kid you not, but this is how it went.

We all drove up on Thursday arriving at various times. It was raining, and people were not optimistic. I had a ten-day weather report with me and the promise of clearing was on the horizon.

Friday came and it was still raining. Fishing was not good because the river was pretty bad. We have all fished in the rain, but if the water is dirty it is pretty much all over. Four people went out with the only two guides available and according to Doug (the guide) this was a first that no one caught fish. Some of the wading people, Dave Kruss and Mike Mcquire caught some ½ pounders.

Saturday morning arrived and out of the 18 people that came, seven lost the faith that fishing would get better and decided to bale. That left eleven hard-core steelhead fisher people. That Saturday the big clouds went away and the sun peeked out through what was left and the river began it?s clean up.

Mary Nishioka, Laure? Ross (Mary?s daughter), Rebecca Blair, and Bill Kulhuisun used the guides and came back with great reports. Bill landed a seven pounder the catch of the day, but all the boats did well. On the banks Oscar Guzman, Dave Kruss, Mike Mcquire and I fished the day with some ½ pound type catches. Dave had a fish on that he fought for 20 minutes and then his ?line?, not leader, broke. So, the next time you?re on the Klamath and you see this fish, Dave would like to have his line and fly back.

Tom Lamb and Gordon Lilly had the same successful fishing for Saturday.

Saturday night barbeque was as good as ever. The Dining hall at the Marble Mountain Ranch is clean, well furnished, and well lighted. It was a perfect place to enjoy conversation and good food. We had much more food than we needed, because all the people that left gave us their part of the potluck. We invited our hosts, Doug, Heidi, and their three teenage children, and we still had food left over.