STEELHEAD NATION: Summer-runs are arriving; Summer Nation us upon us!
POSTED May 27, 2013 / 10:27 a.m.

SEATTLE - There's a delightfully warped misery that goes along with winter steelhead. Suffering for the craft, I guess you'd call it. Summer-runs make up for it, though, bless their little two-tone-chrome hearts.

General Zog has said it many, many times: "If you want to catch a steelhead on a fly, don't do it in February. Do it in July."

Add to that: "on a jig, on a spoon, on eggs, on shrimp, on a spinner, etc.," because now is the time, Steelhead Nation, to make up for those rainy, miserable, no-fish days of winter.

Summer Steelhead Nation is upon us.

FOLLOW ALONG ON THE NWWC FACEBOOK PAGE as we kick off STEELHEAD NATION, Summer of 2013.

WILD COUNTRY KITCHEN: Bethy rolls up her sleeves for double duty
POSTED May 27, 2013 / 10:12 a.m.

SEATTLE - I had full intentions on focusing on kokanee when Bethy Rossos - former host of Adrenaline Hunter on Comcast Sportsnet Northwest and current competitor on MasterChef - joined us on Wild Country on Saturday. But there was the photo above, of the most ridiculously awesome-looking burger ever. Ever. Ever.

Memorial Weekend, though, so a burger seems just right. That's the Triple Meat Whiskey Burger above, a recipe for while you'll find HERE on Bethy's blog page.

We did eventually get around to talking about cooking kokanee, too. I swear.

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST OF OUR CONVERSATION WITH BETHY as she chats about her experience on Fox's MasterChef, and shares some secrets to cooking rustic.

NWWC PHOTO NATION: Telling a story with photos: Photo Nation in 2013
UPDATEDMay 27, 2013 / 9:15 a.m.

SEATTLE - With the start of summer comes the final season for one of Wild Country's most pouplar contests: Photo Nation on the NW Wild Country Facebook page!

There's still time to enter! A reminder of how it works: 1). Go to the Wild Country Facebook page; 2). Post your images in one of three categories: "Best Fish Photo", "Best Story or Mood Photo", or "Best Landscape Photo". Winners of the three categories will be prized up with originals from the awesome collection of uber-outdoor-shooter James Overstreet!.

CHECK OUT THE GALLERY OF ENTRIES in the Best "Story" or "Mood" category of Photo Nation, Northwest Wild Country's exclusive photo contest!

WILDBLOG NATION: The things that matter to us at midnight...
POSTED May 26, 2013 / 12:45 a.m.

SEDRO-WOOLEY, Wash. - It's 12:27 a.m., and the thought of what I am doing this late is being drowned out in a sea of moderately priced coffee. I am thinking about giving up. I am thinking that maybe this will put me past my threshold. But, we know that this is what we long for. We long to be pushed, and that being (so) driven is a matter of want and not neccasarilly ability.

You see those that simply want are often those that give up, get burnt out, and fade into yesteryear. Those who LIVE their passion in a way that is often considered cool to a select few will only make sense to a SELECT FEW.

We don't care. We live this sport. We seek its idiosyncrasy, and the occasional success (riddled with countless nights of sleep deprivation).

You see, if you are a salmon or steelhead angler, you know of the unicorn that we seek. We leavesaity behind to travelplaces that make an REI hiker pee their pants. We are a FAMILY written on the pages of countless magazines, journals and DVDs. We are all united in one common bond: the passion for things with fins. Things that make God's beauty a thing of great virtue and love. We share the same heartbreak, joy and anguish.

Now it is 12:54am I am heading to Wal Mart to get some more Borax for my eggs.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE PETOSA FISHING HOME PAGE FOR MORE MUSINGS from Wild Country's own Nicky P.

NWWC ON TV: The boys are back: Wild Country LIVE on Comcast SportsnetUPDATED Feb. 27, 2013 / 1:10 p.m.

SEATTLE - Yes, we have faces for radio! However, for those of you with Comcast cable, you can catch Wild Country live throughout Washington and Oregon on Comcast SportsNet Northwest. Tune in live from 6 to 8 every Saturday on the channels below.

Here are the channels, and where you'll find us:

-CHANNEL 179: Puget Sound and the Seattle Metro area (from Bellingham to Olympia), Bremerton, Centralia, Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties, Spokane

-CHANNEL 37 (737 HD): Southwest Washington (Longview, Vancouver), Portland Metro area, Salem, Corvallis, Eugene

-CHANNEL 40: Bend ; CHANNEL 82: Ashland

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