03/09/2023

Salmo g......You are correct about that 1st steelhead, as I remember it was the middle of the day, no one else around, bright cloudless day, 1st cast. I remember looking up toward the road, there must have been 8-10 cars parked watching the show.

After I got the fish on the bank, a guy came down and asked very nicely if he could see the fly, and maybe make a sketch of the fly......to this day, I can tell you it was a size 14, Montana Nymph, some yellow and mostly black body. I used those on lakes in Custer State Park, in South Dakota. On those lakes I used a clear plastic float, for weight, 3-4' of leader, just cast from shore, caught and released lots of stocked fish.

I've never seen a Montana Nymph, at any fly shop in Washington State, of course I had a garage sale. long time after that story.....got rid of all my fly fishing gear...grrrrrrrrr Dumb me!!!!!!