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blaydRnr

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Re: First Steelhead
« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2010, 12:40:36 AM »

Wow that last fish must have really liked the smell of your bait LOL

if you look closely...the hook curves into the upper lip...i think a piece of the skein is covering the curve and giving it an optical illusion... i think it's a good hookup.
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Re: First Steelhead
« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2010, 02:11:21 PM »

I wasnt implying it wasnt a good hookup  ::) I have seen flies hooked into the outside tip of the nose on trout, salmon and steelhead. Its going to happen gear fishing as well of course.
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Re: First Steelhead
« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2010, 07:15:03 PM »

looks like a few are having some luck! how many times have you been out dion? those fish are getting my adrenaline going!
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Re: First Steelhead
« Reply #18 on: December 31, 2010, 10:01:59 PM »

Here is my first of the year caught on Dec 27

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Re: First Steelhead
« Reply #19 on: December 31, 2010, 11:29:16 PM »

Looks like a pig Geff. ;D
Trick photo or monster?
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Re: First Steelhead
« Reply #20 on: December 31, 2010, 11:38:58 PM »

Looks like a pig Geff. ;D
Trick photo or monster?

  No trick photo. This thing was a pig  ;D
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Re: First Steelhead
« Reply #21 on: January 01, 2011, 10:27:53 PM »

I've been out 4 times, landed fish on each of my first three trips.

That fish that was hooked in the nose hammered a giant prawn tail, which either got eaten or fell off the hook during the battle.
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Re: First Steelhead
« Reply #22 on: January 02, 2011, 12:30:43 AM »

Managed to land my first steelhead on Boxing Day in the Chilliwack/Vedder River Derby.  A lovely silver that weighed in at 11.9 lbs.  Will post a picture as soon as I can figure out how to do so...computer challenged.   
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