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 Steelhead: Bad Weather Friends
Posted by greg on December 07, 2006
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Today was a good day. I caught two steelhead and met a fellow fly fisherman from this site, fishgolf or Mickey. The weather couldn't have been worse and the water on the Salmon River was very high. I started out on some smaller water in the morning and tried a steelhead run that had produced last year. I rigged up my leader and tippet perfectly and checked all of my knots. I walked through the driving lake effect snow and into the water. I cast my glo bug egg pattern upstream and drifted the slow inside seam. Yup, a fish was holding in the same exact spot as last year. Not a giant steelhead, but a nice looking steelhead and it made my morning. I knew Micky was fishing the Salmon River, so I decided to head to where I thought he might be. I had been told not to bother fishing there by a few friends that I consider quite knowlegable on the Salmon River and it's varied species. But, I figured Mickey would be there and it would be good to meet him and spend the rest of the afternoon fishing with him rather than by myself. Within 5 minutes of shaking hands with Mickey we had a double hook up! That's got to be a good sign.
Mickey had 2 boxes of flies, he was covered with snow and the wind was slapping his face, yet he was having a
good time. I look forward to our next trip Mickey, have a good birthday.
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Re: Steelhead: Bad Weather Friends
by fishgolf on December 07, 2006 | Greg I had a fun time on the river today, especially watching you land your second steelie of the day.
Mickey |
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Re: Steelhead: Bad Weather Friends
by phishon on December 07, 2006 | | I fish and work with Mickey - gotta love the honey hole!!! |
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Re: Steelhead: Bad Weather Friends
by waterwhippa on December 08, 2006 | | Glad you two got a chance to meet and fish together. Man it was blustery cold yesterday, glad you stuck it out and put some steel on the board. |
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Re: Steelhead: Bad Weather Friends
by mikel on December 08, 2006 | | Kudos on going for it anyway. It's great to see your efforts paid off. I'm heading up tonite and hoping for some luck of my own. |
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Re: Steelhead: Bad Weather Friends
by laurenslegend on December 09, 2006 | | What honey hole? A reminder to all lovers of steel. When it's this cold, try not to even take the fish out of the water or risk freezing it's gills and killing it. A picture isn't worth a dead steelhead. |
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Re: Steelhead: Bad Weather Friends
by jeremy on December 09, 2006 http://www.fliesandfins.com | | greg - nice work .. you went out on a solo steelhead trip, found a couple steelhead and came back with a new fly fishing buddy! ... i am sure this won't be the last time you and fishgolf/mickey fly fish together ... maybe we should all meet up in Gaspe' for the atlantic salmon this spring ... |
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