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Author: Buzz Ramsey

Two-Timing for Steelhead

Posted on February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 by Buzz Ramsey

By Buzz Ramsey It was in 2013 while drift boating Oregon’s Wilson River that once co-worker Jarod Higginbotham (I left Yakima Bait at the end of 2020) hooked two steelheads on a double rig fished…

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When employing the drift fishing method when the water is high and boarder line brown you should use a bigger than normal offering. This steelhead went for a size 6 Spin-N-Glo rigged in combination with two Corky Drifters and a size 3/0 hook.

High Water Steelhead

Posted on January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 by Buzz Ramsey

By Buzz Ramsey Now is the time steelhead anglers stampede to their favorite stream the instant rivers drop and clear after a heavy rainfall and resulting rise in water levels. The reason, anglers correctly understand…

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Pink Worms for Steelhead

Posted on January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 by Buzz Ramsey

By Buzz Ramsey Suddenly, the bobber floating along next to mine disappeared. Friend Randy Woolsey was taking what seemed like forever to close the bail on his spinning reel and yank. When he did (finally)…

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Read Water for Steelhead Success

Posted on December 21, 2022December 22, 2022 by Buzz Ramsey

By Buzz Ramsey As described in my last article, the most productive time to catch steelhead is when rivers first drop into fishable height and color after a big rain event. You see, it’s when…

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Finding Winter Steelhead

Posted on December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 by Buzz Ramsey

By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Steelheads prefer to lie in water averaging five-to-eight feet in depth and moving at the speed of a human’s slow to brisk walk. These fish mostly rest in the tail-out…

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Friend Andy Benfiet shows off a brood stock trout he caught while trolling a Mag Lip plug tipped with a short section pinched from a scent filled Berkley maggot.

Black Friday Trout

Posted on November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 by Buzz Ramsey

By Buzz Ramsey Image above: Friend Andy Benfiet shows off a brood stock trout he caught while trolling a Mag Lip plug tipped with a short section pinched from a scent filled Berkley maggot. For…

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Getting ready to release a native winter steelhead from Oregon's Trask River.

Gear Up for Winter Steelhead

Posted on November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 by Buzz Ramsey

By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Getting ready to release a native winter steelhead from Oregon’s Trask River. While there are a few exceptions, winter steelhead don’t really start returning to coastal, lower Columbia or Puget…

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Buzz Ramsey details the history of the Hot Shot

Posted on October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 by Buzz Ramsey

Check out Buzz’s video on the history of the Hot Shot

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Buzz Ramsey on the history of Kwikfish

Posted on October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 by Buzz Ramsey

Buzz talks about the evolution of the Kwikfish plug

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Jamie Lebon, Shane Magnuson, and Hunter Higginbotham show off a successful day twitching for coho

Twitching for Coho

Posted on September 25, 2022September 29, 2022 by Buzz Ramsey

By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Here Jamie Lebon, Shane Magnuson, and Hunter Higginbotham show off a successful day twitching for coho. Jigs in pink/chartreuse and black/blue is what drew strikes for them. Given the number…

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Fishing guide Chris Turvey shows off one of the chinook salmon we caught

Above Bonneville Salmon

Posted on September 14, 2022September 15, 2022 by Buzz Ramsey

By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Fishing guide Chris Turvey shows off one of the chinook salmon we caught It was 9:30 AM on Wednesday of last week that fishing guide Chris Turvey, 509-571-6198, sent a…

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Taleena Marsh (now Taleena Ramsey) caught this coho salmon last season while trolling the lower estuary near Hammond

Targeting Coho at Buoy 10

Posted on September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 by Buzz Ramsey

By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Taleena Marsh (now Taleena Ramsey) caught this coho salmon last season while trolling the lower estuary near Hammond. Yes, I know: I wrote about Buoy 10 in my last column,…

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