| Anglers interested in learning the art of fly fishing and | | | | Fly Fishermen should take two or three steps and |
| practicing their skills on a half-mile section of Cold | | | | repeat this swing process after every other cast. |
| Creek at the Castalia State Fish Hatchery are | | | | Use this swing-step combination all the way upstream |
| encouraged to enter a lottery for beginning fly-fishing | | | | until all the water in the run is covered. |
| clinics. | | | | Bass Pro isn't dedicated to f fishing, and their poor |
| There are 135 slots available for the popular program, | | | | quality/selection of fly tackle is evidence of this. I |
| which includes morning and afternoon sessions each | | | | would never recommend anyone go the White River |
| Friday from April 24 to June 5. Anglers vertical jigging | | | | route, especially for a first purchase. |
| are doing OK also. Shore fishing can be decent if you | | | | Bass fishing is improving. Use swimbaits in the creek |
| get to a place where there are drop-offs, such as | | | | arms. Bass fly fishing has become an increasingly |
| Block House, the Cattleguards or Spider Point. Anglers | | | | popular sport, and most anglers will agree that it's not |
| hook maybe one striped bass for every dozen | | | | just about catching fish. |
| sturgeon. | | | | Some anglers would even regard fly fishing as a kind |
| Anglers generally find the best fishing two hours | | | | of religion, and most consider it a relaxing pastime |
| before and after a high tide, but fish and other | | | | that can be enjoyed by people from all walks of life. |
| animals also become active around the time of low | | | | Bass fishing has picked up again, although the slow |
| tide. | | | | approach with jigs, dart-headed and Carolina-rigged |
| Beginners should remember they are banned from | | | | plastic worms still is the best bet. |
| fishing for black rockfish, lingcod, greenling and | | | | Bass fishing has been slow, but as temperatures |
| cabezon, leaving surfperch and a few other species | | | | climb, look for fish to go into their prespawn mode. |
| open. Chinook angling remains open and catches have | | | | That makes them vulnerable to sight fishing on the |
| been fair to good out of Brookings. | | | | beds. |