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 Steelhead Trip: Literally
Posted by FlyAddict (2381 reads)
My first experience with Steelhead was a rough one as far as fish go. That was fine with me because I got the chance to meet up with a bunch of guys from fliesandfins.com. Jeremy, Whippa, Austin, and Greg. Jeremy looks much taller in pictures.:) Anyway, it was very easy to fit in and feel welcome in a group of fly fishing addicts.
I met up with the crew at about 9-10am on Thursday as they were already well under way on there pursuit for Steel. Austin was tied into a big Steelhead which gave him the slip and hung him up on a rock. This gave me hope seeing people hooked up already. We did some walking and fishing with no results, and ended up back where we met up. I hooked up a little further up river with a small female...maybe a couple pounds. I could almost see my reflection in her sides. A little while later I hooked in to a male, maybe ten pounds by Whippa's estimate. What a fight that was! When he started thrashing in the water I knew I had a big fish on. My heart was pumping. Then some dude broke him off when the fish ran around his legs. It was my fault really I told him to go down and scare him up river or else I could have lost him as he ran down the rapids. All in all it was
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