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[Trout Slayer]

Took a newbie out today steelheading and for my first trip of the season. Started first light mid-river, wind was blowing hard with rain mixed made for some unpleasant fishing. After pounding through a piece of water that produced well last season and no other anglers in it or the run below with prawns and roe bags we headed for breakfast.

After breakfast started out at a spot on other side of lower river and worked through several runs with no signs of any action going on anywhere. One angler hooked a decent fish but it quickly snapped him off after a few seconds.

In one of the few empty runs it was only a matter of casts before I was into my first fish of the season. A short aerial battle and couple long runs resulted in this.

A 13lbs give or take hatchery doe.
I couldnt believe it, first couple hours out fishing this season and allready one on the license. I marked fish on license and called it a day, just as the weather was clearing up

[Brothersage]

Nice fish Aaron, What did you hook her on? Get any hunting in this year?

[Trout Slayer]

Ben? whats going on.
That fish was on a roe bag.
I didnt do as much hunting as I would of liked but have managed to get out for ducks a couple times. Since leaving the shop been busy working for a trades ticket and not getting out as much.

[Hook Set]

Good job Aaron. Cody nailed a nice hatch about 2 minutes after we talked to you.

[Coho Cody]

aaron, that fish was a beauty.

i got this one after chatting with aaron

[chris gadsden]

The river must be full of them if you guys got one each, and with me hooking into one also even though I lost it.

Kidding aside, nice fish boys.

[dead head]

Yes really nice fish..I see a change in mind you maid a post thats great Nice fish

[armytruck]

Got a late start to my first day out steelheading this season around 12 noon in the lower . Around 1:45 I was into a beauty steelie , I would guess  10 + lbs.  Yes I lost it  . With the excitement of my first steelhead of the season I kinda panicked when it smacked my fly . .  I won't go into the details but , all I can say is , "tight lines " everyone 

[allwaysfishin]

what a bullet 
great fish there Aaron, thanx for the report.
I'm hittin it up tomorrow and again new years day..... off to tie up some egg sacks and get the prawns ready 

[younggun]

everybody is getting chromers lately, think its time to move from my flow to yours  Very nice fat fish guys, way to go.

[Gooey]

Winter steel and I fished lots of really nice water yesterday sunday as well, we fished the lower, mid, and upper but we didnt see nor hear of a single fish...congrats to the guys who obviously hit a pocket of active fish (they were in the same run right?) as I don't think there are many in the river right now.

[younggun]

guess i'll have to walk alot like the rest of the guys tomorrow

[mmmroe]

nice fish arron...havent seen you out much lately...