My co-worker and twin brother went halfsies on drift boat and invited me to come float with them down the Kalama. It was there second float ever in the boat so I was pretty honored and excited to go. We had heard that the steelhead were coming in well. Getting to the river there was about 5' of clarity and the flow was a little high but that was expected. Deciding to put in at red barn we began our float down the river. Our tactics were to through just about everything at them. In places we could plug we plugged. I plugged a diver with sand shrimp, and the other rod we plugged a bubble gum wiggle wart. We also bounced yarn balls where we could, slip bobber & drifted jigs, and of course even fly fished. About half a river mile down when we of course were all not paying attention the rod with a wiggle wart got hammered. In the time it took Kyle to pick the rod up and start to reel the fish had broken it's way off. Not being huge plug fisherman we only had two others to pick from. We tried both and with no prevail. It was a great opportunity to learn the river and get a feel for the boat though. We didn't manage to hook up again but had a great day on the water.
Summary:
Location: Kalama River, Exit 32 off I-5, near Kalama, WA
Time: 7am-3pm
Rod: 8 wt w/ sinking tip, spey rod, spinning rod, & bait caster
Tackle: Purple egg sucking leach, black and purple streamer with an egg bead, yarn balls, bubble gum wiggle wart, and other plugs.
Fish: 0
Species: N/A
Biggest Fish: N/A
Smallest Fish: N/A
Rating: 7/10
