Originally posted by fishhead5:
Doc, is that steelhead, the one that started out to be a little one, then changed into a spawner, then grew into that nice chormer by the time you got it in??? 
Originally posted by Tbird:
F5, Isn't that the way it works? It's a tiny spawner when you hook it, by the time you fight it, it's not bad... Then as you land it, it turns chrome (How the stories change as tiem progresses =) And by the time you have a chance to brag it up, it was a world record chrome bright hen... That went 54 x 32.5 and you let it go without a pic =)
The pic of that particular steelhead is on the other "jiggy" thread. And for the record, yes, when I first hooked that thing, it just kind of did the rolly headshake thing in one place as it flashed in the clear water. All I could really see was the flash in the water so I'm thinkin' small hen, maybe 4-6 pounds, probabaly hatchery. Oh yeah dinner for the guy letting us take out on his private property!
Well maybe not. Gee, looks kind of lean... maybe a re-bright spawner hen, but still haven't got a good look at it right on the surface.
OK, when it finally comes up we see a fin, then we see it's a little bigger than we first thought as it screams upriver. Man oh man, a brand new platinum native buck!
When it comes to hand, it's a solid 8-9 pounds or better, snow white belly, crystal clear fins, brighter than a newly minted silver dollar! Shocked that it wasn't covered in sea lice. Just wish we got a better pic because although it was no world record, it really was a gorgeous wild steelhead!
Can't wait to do it again!
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