Most memorable is a pretty lofty tag for any fish - I think they're all cool. That said, although I've certainly caught bigger fish, I guess I'd have to go with a wild summer run steelhead I found by chance in the canyon section of the Skokomish River. I'd caught nice rainbows in the same little stretch before, so the anticipation was thick as I started through the run. Right at the top, I hit a 12" rainbow. Two or three steps down, a 15" cutt-bow hybrid. Three more steps, and another rainbow, this one about 16".

Next cast, a big something swirled on the big dry I was fishing but didn't stick. I tried a couple more casts, and nothing. I decided to throw a changeup, and a peacock bugger did the trick. WHAM! A hard strike and then nothing. Next cast, same thing. Finally, it stuck and went ballistic. Ended up being about a 5 pound buck, which is by no means a big steelhead, but the reckless abandon with which that thing kept attacking flies, plus the fact that I was not expecting to hook up with anything like that (I was fishing a 4-weight) made it a contender for most memorable.

That dubbing looks great!