Steelhead Fishing at Riggins Idaho 03/23/2008

I just thought I would put in a quick update on the steelhead fishing at Riggins Idaho and the little Salmon River to the south.

While the river has not come up to its normal spring time flows it has come up over the last week and the steelhead are stating to move on up the river. Saturday March 22 2008 I Stopped and fished a couple of holes on my way to Riggins From New Meadows I did Hook and land two steelhead in the Bolder Creek area but fishing was still fairly slow there.

When I went on down to just above Rapid River I did do quite well and hooked another five fish in a little over two hours. With the low water condition it is still a little tough fishing but the fish are there. They were very easy to spook as I notice several fish swim by and they were definitely spooked either by my presentation or the fact they were able to see me moving around.

The deeper holes were still better for this reason although I did get one that was lying behind a rock in the tail of a hole. This does tell me that they are moving since they seldom stay in these types of spots when they are in a holding pattern.

So get your steelhead rod and head out fishing is only going to get better for the next couple of weeks.

By: RR Smith
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