Well after Saturdays success on the lower river and having to work yesterday, today I managed to have off work and was planning to head back out in search of another ironhead to add for this season. After a late night, I set my alarm for 6am but somehow managed to sleep right through it and woke up around 11am.
By this time I was wondering if I should just fish locally or still drive out to the valley and fish the Vedder. I decide the Vedder so quickly grab my gear and am on the road. I arrive at the river just before 1 o'clock as traffic was a little slow on the freeway. I decide to head to the Blue Trash run, same run I did quite well at on Saturday. Walking towards it I see another angler across the river with a large male fish on the beach. Good sign I think as most reports yesterday were quite slow.I have to retie my leader as I snapped it off on a stump last time I was there before I could start fishing. So I reconnect my leader to a Kodiak Swivel then I slip on a roe bag and give it about 15 minutes to no avail. Tried in close and farther out to no avail. Thats the beauty of steelheading, never know where they will be sitting in the run. Soon I am acompanied by Gord(Fisherforever) We chat quickly about the spoons he is trying out and he goes up above me. I decide to switch things up and put on a glob of roe. Nothing. Then a Jensen Egg and piece of wool. Nothing. I see Gord walking back towards me and he mentions "Still havent found it" "Nope, I'm trying everything" I reply. I slowly start to walk near the tail out and was ready to go back on the trail and head down river. I reaffix the same roe bag as before on my hook and make 2 casts as i continue to walk. Just as my float reaches the riffle of the bottom of the tailout my float shoots under and I am greeted with the flash of a fish. It decides to head for a long run and I hold it in the current to tire it out. Slowly I am gaining line back on it and the fish is getting closer. I get it close enough to shore and identify it as a hatchery female. It turns away and heads back out into the deeper water. I keep working the rod to bring it in and slip the fish ashore. Gord took a couple pictures of me fighting the fish and said he will post them tonight. He also snapped a pic of me and my fish.
Here's a closeup
Seems as though my new set-up is working quite well. Two times of use and fish on both occasions. Its a Drifter center-pin and custom built Talon rod that I got a good deal on off a customer. Cleaned my fish and headed back towards the car. Was a excellent and very short trip today.
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Topic: Another One, Vedder River on January 29th (Read 4855 times)