 Steelhead Fly Fishing: Wow, Steelhead Get Big!
Posted by zac-p (3076 reads)
I don't even know where to start. We rustled out of bed at 4 am and were
out the door headed for another try at the steelhead. We arrived just as
the sky began to lighten. I was psyched, but with a definite sense of
nervousness. After a few fruitless drifts at what looked like good
water I cast upstream still hoping to see what all the hype was about.
I soon found out that it was not just hype at all as the rod doubled
over and the line began to peel off the reel. This was obviously not
normal trout fishing. Within a matter of only a few seconds, I had tons
of line out, no fish, and I'm sure a rather stunned look on my face.
Just finding and hooking the fish was no where near enough. I had to
figure out where and how to land these beasts too. After a few more
failed attempts, I finally hooked and landed my first steelhead ever. Little did I know, there would be much more of this to come. These steelhead are surprisingly
temperamental though. The drift must be exactly the way they want to see it or
nothing. Not the right length leader or tippet, nothing. We changed
setups throughout the day. Dial into the fish for a bit and then change it up. We
caught steelhead all day long on all different egg pattern colors. Pink, orange, chartreuse
and white. It goes without saying that this was the best fly fishing day of
my life and one of the best experiences ever! The only thing better than
today might be tomorrow because
we finally found them, we know where they will be tomorrow and there are some more monsters in there. Believe it or not, a few bigger than these!
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Re: Steelhead: Wow, They Get Large
by greg http://www.fliesandfins.com | | WoW! looks like a great day of Steel, congrats! Those fish look pretty fresh to me, It's always great to hook up and land A nice chromer. |
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Re: Steelhead: Wow, They Get Large
by NHtrouthunter | | First off, NICE FISH! I cant wait to get up there next week, now that you got me all pumped up! College spring break steelhead, any one gunna be around the river next week? |
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Re: Steelhead: Wow, They Get Large
by joe-m | | WOW !! Nice are you positive the are not fresh water Tarpon? What an intro to the steel congrats Joe-m |
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Re: Steelhead: Wow, They Get Large
by wrh http://www.theanglersnet.com | | congrats. on your first steelhead. Now the question is, who is hooked the fish or you on the fish? |
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Re: Steelhead: Wow, They Get Large
by patm http://www.yankeeford.com | | Wow those are some great looking fish. Looks like you really are dialed in. |
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Re: Steelhead: Wow, They Get Large
by waterwhippa | | Zac, you might as well put in your two week notice and look into moving up here to the "rust belt". I believe that Jeremy has just ruined your life. This will be one hell of a monkey to get off your back. It took me a long time to bring a fish of that caliber to hand. Congrats Man. High water, 40 mph winds, lake effect snow bands. You guys earned those metal heads for sure. |
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Re: Steelhead: Wow, They Get Large
by caddishead | | Bravo! Man I have the itch no. Nice fish! |
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Re: Steelhead: Wow, They Get Large
by AlexisMT555 http://www.ekwatafly.com/en/ | WOW, wow wow, such nice couple of Steelhead
Nice pictures and storie.
See ya |
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