With the first fall rain storms of the season comes a mixture of late summers, Coho, and Fall Chinook to the oregon coast rivers. I grabbed my steelhead rod and headed to the Wilson river. I was using my Curado with 8# maxima matched with my 1024 Loomis (8-12#). I had caught and released a couple jacks and was about to head up river when a Chinook rolled in the middle of the drift. I then tied on 10# leader with a pink pom pom and shrimp tail. I was using a 2/0 barbless hook. Three casts later I felt the familiar bump. I set the hook and saw a huge Chinook roll and take off. After about 15 minutes I finally saw the fish again. It took another 20 minutes and six attempts to land the huge fish by myself. I carried the fish to my truck with its tail dragging on the ground. It topped the scales at 42 pounds. Lots of fun.

Mark