Reading about wild steelhead and C&R posts made me think about the Cedar River and the strength of those fish. I only a caught a couple in there before it was closed but my dad sure knew how good it was. That river got me hooked on steelheading.
I remember taking my 4 year old son with me on a trip when fish in the upper teens were known to be in the river. I was in the process of telling him that fish don't always lay behind rocks and stumps, but sometimes right in front. About that time,my line was in front of a snag, and I told him right "there, there, there". That big ol' fish did nothing but take off down river. That's when I had to tell him the definition of being "spooled". Two lessons in under a minute, one of the best minutes of my life.
Anyone else ever fished the Cedar River before it closed or have a kid story?