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[hue-nut]

Had a very nice day today. I was really not sure how the river was going to be but I wanted to get out none the less. Headed up river to escape the silty water and was pleasantly surprised to see the river in very good shape with about 3 to 4 feet of visibility. I began working some pockets and met a really nice guy named wade who had some good advice for me on Steelhead fishing. After talking with him he said I could join him on the run so I flipped out a small gooey bob on #4 hook with a little bit of white wool. First cast, my float takes a dive, I rear back and set the hook, my heart rate is way up. After a brief struggle I land a 15 to 16 inch bull trout which had inhaled my hook very deep. Wade grabbed some needle nose pliers to get down the throat of this poor fish and release him. I fished till about four thirty determined to get that elusive first steelhead. I was working the tail out on about a 50 ft drift, to the point where I could hardly see my float top, when, bam!! it disappears just before the current break, I reef back and set the hook, sure enough there is a fish on. Heart racing again, I head downstream rapidly reeling in, hoping to land my first steelhead. After another brief fight I land the little guy in the pics below. No steelhead, but a gorgeous fish none the less. Rodney gets them down on the Fraser and I got my first two on the Vedder. A good day

[Fish Assassin]

Good report and that's no bull

[square tail]

sweet pictures still waiting to get my first vedder river bull  nice work

[esk]

Nice fish congratulation.  

[BigFisher]

Nice ones.

[jeff]

Hue Nut the guy you met Wade is my buddy, did he tell you about the fish he landed earlier in the day.

[dead head]

Sure nice looking fish .congratulation!

[hue-nut]

thanks guys, and yeah Wade told me about the last few Steelhead that he's had on, one of which he fought for 10 min. only to have it play dead and take off just as he was about to tail it. I love running into someone like that on the river, no attitude whatsoever, its really refreshing.

[younggun]

sweet colours, those fish like nice!

cleardrift, thanks for the float!

[Coho Cody]

cleardrift, thanks for the float!

it was actually me

[dead head]

hehe it was my idea

[younggun]

thanks boys. i might have to use it with these conditions lately