why to go steelheader69, you just reminded me of my first steelhead on the puyallup. first time my dad took me out, just below the old bridge at alderton at the tail out of the long riffle.
threw out all the way across from the east shore line to right next to the rock wall, bounced down until came to a small sand bar and rught at the bottom, bam!!, 9 pound steelie.
use to fish there all the time after that, took a buddie, got his first fish out of a river there, of all things a 10 pound dolly. these were almost 34 years ago. doolies were ever present, but very shy, my buddie almost threw it back. he thought it was a sick steelhead. at the time it was funny.
now i have not caught many first since the good old days, took a small brat hen on the lower puyallup last year near the end of the season plunking. most of the big fish have been chums, but what fun they can be to c&r.

even on a guided trip this weekend, could not catch what we were after, ended up with 2 sockeye looking for springers or steelhead summer runs. but it was a great day on the water, first float in a boat on any river for me and the guy i took with me. great experiece just to be somewhere i had never been and had only heard about. went up to the sol-duc with guide jim leon.

thanks for memories, very similar except i think mine my be older.

elmtree, (woody)

excuse my rambling, just love them days when!