My first steelhead was a 5lb native hen(maybe a unclipped hatchery) late Dec. 1999, when I was 10. Just above Maggie's Rock on the Nooksack. Caught it on a small corky and chunk of roe. One of the biggest thrills in my life.
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"I'd rather eat the barrel of a double barrel loaded shotgun, than listen to that **censored** called pop country music on 98.1" Hank Williams III