"stew and I are helping Mark ANderson put on this fun adn worthwhile event. Here is his post from ifish (with mine to follow):
On the heels of the successful Wind river cleanup and BBQ I am organizing a similar cleanup event for the Wilson and other Tillamook area rivers on Saturday June 30th. RT and Bigstew will be helping me out with this event. We will meet at Mills Bridge fishing hole/parking lot behind the Guide Shop starting around 8:00 a.m. I will put on a short jig fishing clinic for summer steelhead, including what to use and how to use it. I will also be giving each person that attends a free jig and float to use, but bring what you like also. Light action steelhead spinning rods are good for this type of fishing. I will also bring lots of garbage bags to fill along with some gloves for trash pickup. Then we will break out into groups to go fishing and trash cleaning for around 3 hours at various popular fishing holes on the area rivers. After that we can meet again at the Guide Shop/Mills bar hole by around 11:00 Am. or so and pool our resources for a BBQ lunch on the river. Some of you can post what you will bring; including a BBQer, meat, chips, beverages, and condiments. If we need more food or whatever, we can pool some money and send some volunteers to the store (as they did at the Wind R. event). As an alternative for some people, the Guide Shop has a full deli menu too. For those arriving later we will put on a second jig clinic after the BBQ if there is enough interest. Since this is coming up in a week and a half, please sign up here by posting, or e-mail me at firstcastjigs@earthlink.net as soon as you think you can attend. Thanks. Mark, RT, and Bigstew.
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These are just great events! Lots of both fun and function with the cleanup and jig clinic too. Yay Mark. I would add that any of you coming to fish the Wilson, Trask, or Nestucca rivers before we meet at 8:00 a.m. would do well to fish right from daybreak around 5:00 a.m. The 5 to 8 time slot is the best of the day for summer steelhead in all those rivers, and you can follow fishing a hole by some trash pick up. I bet we get some steelhead filets to butter up and season for the Q. Yum. And get some burgers too. Bring your own beer ... I mean beverages. And function within this event at your own risk. Bending over can be risky around those parts
. Low back strains,etc., unless you use proper posture. This will be fun, informative, and cleansing all in one great event. I hope we get a whole bunch of people for this. ... Take care. - Steve (RT)