got to one of my favourite fishing holes, about 45mins. away from home. Arrive to see a family sun tanning and no fisherman
. First time fishing with dew worms this year, as i hear they have been catching well lately. About 10 casts in, the float goes down and theres a fishy on the end of my line. Quite a sluggish fish, short fight and i start to get it to shore. I then see it is a dark hatchery fish. I start getting it closer and it comes un-buttoned. no problem. About 3-4 casts after that, the float goes down again and im into a nice chrome fish. The fight was quite a bit longer. I jump down to the next row of rocks below me and try to land this thing. It then takes a few more runs trying to escape. I then reel and the fish is within' about 5 feet of me and shows itself very clearly. It is a bright chrome fish and it is, well, a hatchery buck of about 10lb.s
. Im thinking to myself ok, get it up onto the shore, but dont horse it in, and what do i do, i start walking back to fast and this fish to comes un-buttoned. Ok, by this time i am mad. but oh well, its just a fish. theres lots more in there im sure i can entice. After about an hours off chucking dew worms and wool, nothing wanted to bite. i then put on a size 1 silver colorado blade and start hucking it into the run.Cast after cast, not a hit. Then suddenly
BAM!. Out of nowhere this huge steelie smacks my blade. It starts flashing in the water, few head shakes and gone.
Oh well, I hooked 3 steelhead, even though i didnt land one, it was a good day for some steelies on the river.
Coho Cody
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Topic: Good day on the river Apr.22 (Read 1924 times)