Just an FYI.

Most of my fish have been caught in E. WA on small zipperlip rivers. It was not unusual for me to have a 300+ fish season. Most were released.

I took about a 10 year absense from fishin' as I went to the UW for college to get a degree in Fisheries and such.. The only reason for the absense was that I did not know anybody who fished, so I never went out and explored the rivers (BIG mistake!).

I met Justin (Saukit2em) about 4 years ago and have been fishing hard ever since. I've learned a *lot* about steelheading over here, and can honestly say them I'm still just learning. Actually, the day I stop learning is the day I'll probably quit fishing.

As I said above, I'm not an expert angler and didn't mean to boast/brag. Was just relating some of my experiences about handling fishies.