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Fresh Water Pretty Rainbow Today, Big Steelhead Tomorrow
Posted by greg on February 22, 2006

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Gear on and in the truck by 6 am. In the water by 7am and on the heels of Steel. To catch a steelhead you have to find them and with Steelhead there can be allot of searching. Ever changing water levels can make yesterdays glory hole just another sad story. After checking several spots on the river and casting into countless empty runs, I heard someone say, "I got two." That's the guy I want to talk to. The long and the short is he had two beautiful chromers. He was nice enough to explain where he got them and show me the runs hidden amongst the slippery flat rocks. After nearly falling numerous times I finally got out to a casting position and dropped my pink egg pattern with two small split shot into the abyss of hope.

I'd put a steelhead nymph rig together made up of 9ft of leader material and 3ft of tippet. This, along with the afore mentioned split shot gave me that tic,tic, ticking I was looking for. My fly was drifting along naturally near the bottom at the same speed as the current.

My setup was working right. I watched as my indicator bobed up and down then started up stream. I set the hook and brought in this nice little Rainbow Trout. I took this picture of the fish next to my Abel steelhead reel. I could not help but notice how similar

the fish and the reel actualy looked. Tomorrow, I hope his larger steelhead cousin will make that reel sing.



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Re: Pretty Rainbow Today, Big Steelhead Tomorrow
by Shaq on February 22, 2006 http://www.theanglersnet.com
Great job Greg, I will be there Saturday, save some for me!!!



Re: Pretty Rainbow Today, Big Steelhead Tomorrow
by ChrisR on February 23, 2006
Nice job Greg. Love the pic of the rainbow reel against the trout. Abel got it pretty close on the finish. Best of luck on the water today.



Re: Pretty Rainbow Today, Big Steelhead Tomorrow
by patm on February 23, 2006
Glad you are having so damn much fun. I'm here with 48 other cyber fisherman wishing we could get out of work and be on a river somewhere bouncing an egg pattern by the nose of a willing trout.
Enjoy yourself. Do not over indulge on Fatso's pizza and deep fried oreos. Buy the kid a Shirley Temple.



Re: Pretty Rainbow Today, Big Steelhead Tomorrow
by mike holt on February 24, 2006
Nice fish, I don't know about the reel...... but that's a handsome looking reel seat the reel is attached to :-)


 
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