My buddy and I pulled plugs from Sultan
to Ben Howard on Sunday 3-14. We had
fished hard most of the day with nothing
to show for our efforts when the left
rod went nuts. It was my friend's (an
excellent rower) turn for a fish, so as
I set the hook and held it for him, he
rowed off the fast water. Seconds later
the right rod goes off. Doubleheader!
Suddenly I have two rods with two fish
in my hands with no way to reel either.
The right fish is good sized, 15 - 20
lbs., and is thrashing on the surface.
My buddy is finally able to drop anchor
and relieves me of the big fish.
Meanwhile, the other fish has come
upriver and I've lost tension on my
barbless hook. Luckily, fish on! My
fish isn't large, 7 - 8 lbs, but fun.
The big fish ran right into the adjacent
riprap and broke my buddy's mainline.
That is the second Skykomish buck in as
many weeks that I have seen kamikaze
into the riprap, very strange. After
too short a play and a few pictures we
released the beautiful chrome bright hen
back into the murky Sky.

Sorry to go on, but I love that story.

Good luck to all!