Hoodie no go
December 21st, 2007A couple of us headed up to hood River on Thursday. The river had been high but started to drop Wednesday evening. We checked it on Thursday am and it was dropping but still high. We decided to take a risk. As we arrived at the parking area, after the orchard drive, we was one guy walking out with a chrome 6-8 pounder. We thought this was a good risk we had taken.
The river was high but imminently fishable. There were 6 cars in the lot. We headed to the upper hole and a dude was camping there with nothing on the bank. We moved to the meat hole and there were 4 other guys there and still no fish on the bank. Visiblity was about 18 inches and the water was a gorgeous green. We fished the whole thing hard and then the upper area. We did not get a hit and did not see anyone else with a fish on.
It was a nice day on the river. I guess the summers headed up with the high water and the winters are still just starting. We stopped and had great tacos at a small Mexican place on the way down to town. They were great. All in all it was much better than working.
Sal