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[Every Day]

Well last night Chris explained to me what he was using (size of roe, etc) so out I went at around 9:10 this morning. My mom dropped me off on the way to work and I started walking in to my spot, I arrived at my spot at around 9:20 ish. I have confidence in this spot lately after retaining my first Steelhead there so I decided instead of rushing through it, I would take my time since I had all day.

I rigged up my hook with a roe sack about the size of a quarter. I started casting 5 casts at a time in 2 foot intervals while working my way up the run. I finally get to the head of the run and decide to take one last cast right beside the other edge. Well this turned out to be a good idea because about 20 feet downstream my float goes down  . In all the excitment I pulled way too soon, got a headshake and the fish was gone  . I decide to keep trying and after 5 more casts the float goes down again, this time I wait for the headshake and soon a very large fish rockets towards me, takes a jump and snaps me off when it hits the water  ....

Frustrated I sat down and again I decided to try the roe. I take about 5 more cats with another tap and after that I didnt get anything for about 5 mins so I decided I was going to try something new. Off came the row and I put on a #2 Colorado. About 8 or 9 casts later my float goes down again, I slowly ease back, get the headshake and set the hook. The fish starts thrashing around and come into the shallow clear water close to the edge. I see it is not nearly as big as the first one but I get it to the edge and see its about an 8 pound hatchery and decided to retain it. I kill it at around 10 and start heading home...

Today was an amazing day on the flow, only saw one other angler and ended my day by hooking 3 fish in a span of about 40 mins. I think some of Chris' luck rubbed off on me, Chris could I have some more please? 

Here are a couple pics of it, again in my backyard 

[drh]

Atta-boy Everyday
It looks like a clone of the one I smoked saturday
It's kinda like the fish know when the pressures off and they move up quickly.
As everyone knows moving fish are biting fish

[Athezone]

Nice fish E.D. Following someone like Chris's advice is a smart move unless its choosing the best hockey team,(GoNucks). Sure is nice to see a chromer like that. I might just head out tomorrow, even less people. Thanks for sharing that with us.

[chris gadsden]

Glad you had success today. You certainly did the right thing by changing up your offering, always a good thing to do when you find that there are fish in the run your are fishing.

Also by going to a spot where you have had success before is a good move as in a lot of cases if you get a fish there one day you will find another there in the near future.

Keep getting out there as much as you can as we should have some good steelheading for a few weeks yet and you are in the groove now.

[Rodney]

ED, two words...

Rain jacket.

Oh and nice fish!

[THE_ROE_SLINGER]

Ya i was gonna say...looks like you went for a swim to ...Nice fish

[Every Day]

Lol I had a rain jacket (a pioneer fishing jacket) on, it wasnt raining when I got home (or while I was fishing), I was sweating really bad because I had to walk home from way above the Crossing Bridge in a sweatshirt and jacket (I dressed warmly since it was cold out this morning) and at about 10 it got really sunny and warm so it was a tiring walk. The reason my hair was soaked was because I was wearing a hat that is insulated on the inside so I was very warm. Maybe next time I'll call for a ride  .

[Britguy]

Way to go
bet it felt like a short walk knowing you had supper with you

[Britguy]

How was the river Every Day
up, low, dirty, etc
I am heading out in the morning

[Every Day]

River was perfect! About 2ft visbility and the water seemed to be the perfect height, for the spot I was in anyways. It has come up a bit but for the 40 minutes I was there the water kept getting clearer. Im assuming this will hold and you should have a great time tomorrow, hopefully we can get a few more reports! Im gonna give it another go sometime in the morning.

[testo84]

Lol I had a rain jacket (a pioneer fishing jacket) on, it wasnt raining when I got home (or while I was fishing), I was sweating really bad because I had to walk home from way above the Crossing Bridge in a sweatshirt and jacket (I dressed warmly since it was cold out this morning) and at about 10 it got really sunny and warm so it was a tiring walk. The reason my hair was soaked was because I was wearing a hat that is insulated on the inside so I was very warm. Maybe next time I'll call for a ride  .

were you the guy that fish using pink worm couple of days ago on mid river ?

[Britguy]

Thanks Every Day
maybe see you out there 

[marmot]

Worst

Hat Head

Ever!

A fish like that makes it worth the after hat sore hair though doesn't it?

[Every Day]

Lol I had a rain jacket (a pioneer fishing jacket) on, it wasnt raining when I got home (or while I was fishing), I was sweating really bad because I had to walk home from way above the Crossing Bridge in a sweatshirt and jacket (I dressed warmly since it was cold out this morning) and at about 10 it got really sunny and warm so it was a tiring walk. The reason my hair was soaked was because I was wearing a hat that is insulated on the inside so I was very warm. Maybe next time I'll call for a ride  .

were you the guy that fish using pink worm couple of days ago on mid river ?

No I was not, I never use pink worms, I have never even hooked a Steelhead on a pink worm so I fins it pointless to use them when I can use colorados or wool (sometimes roe)

Worst

Hat Head

Ever!

A fish like that makes it worth the after hat sore hair though doesn't it?

Yes it is all worth it in the end.... I'm still very disappointed about the 2nd one I lost, the thing musta weighed about 16 pounds no joke, it was massive, one jump snapped my leader and sent my weights back towards my head, but at least I finally got another one, hopefully I can do the same thing tomorrow..... and then homework  ..