#489477 - 02/21/09 12:40 PM
Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
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Repeat Spawner
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Heard a rumer someone Fly Rodding the Hoh caught a 30 lbr. last night. Can anyone confirm? Quite a feat if it's true.
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#489487 - 02/21/09 01:22 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
[Re: RUNnGUN]
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BUCK NASTY!!
Registered: 01/26/00
Posts: 6312
Loc: Vancouver, WA
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Hmmm, that would be a feat....... In Washington..... Keith
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#489492 - 02/21/09 01:57 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
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Carcass
Registered: 01/08/07
Posts: 2199
Loc: Bainbridge Island
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I have a confirmation that they killed it as well. Nice...... I heard about it from someone who saw the fish. I am really surprised that they killed it. I though most people were a little more conservation minded than that these days.-TBJ
Edited by TBJ (02/21/09 01:59 PM)
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#489494 - 02/21/09 02:11 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 03/20/07
Posts: 151
Loc: Lake Stevens
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If it's true that they killed it, what a shame. Surprising that a fly fisherman killed it. I could see a guy on a guided trip that he does once a year killing it, but for a fly guy to catch it tells me he had to have some level of skill and should have had the responsibility to go along with it. I hope you are wrong.
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#489495 - 02/21/09 02:12 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
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Carcass
Registered: 01/08/07
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Loc: Bainbridge Island
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My info says he was on a guided trip. I hope I am wrong too. I am headed out that way today through Thursday so I will talk to the source again but it was a pretty reliable source I got it from.-TBJ
Edited by TBJ (02/21/09 02:14 PM)
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#489498 - 02/21/09 02:56 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
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Rico Suave
Registered: 11/06/05
Posts: 2567
Loc: Whidbey Island
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cool/bummer.
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#489499 - 02/21/09 03:14 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
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Alevin
Registered: 12/26/08
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If it's true that they killed it, what a shame. Surprising that a fly fisherman killed it. I could see a guy on a guided trip that he does once a year killing it, but for a fly guy to catch it tells me he had to have some level of skill and should have had the responsibility to go along with it. I hope you are wrong. Just because the guy fly fishes does not make him/her any more skilled.There are plenty of fly dorks that luck into fish all the time.
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#489506 - 02/21/09 03:36 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
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Smolt
Registered: 11/19/08
Posts: 93
Loc: OP
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If it's true that they killed it, what a shame. Surprising that a fly fisherman killed it. I could see a guy on a guided trip that he does once a year killing it, but for a fly guy to catch it tells me he had to have some level of skill and should have had the responsibility to go along with it. I hope you are wrong. It is confirmed. Talked with a freind who was out there, and witnessed it. I'm not sure wether it was guided or not, but he was from Port Townsend; he can't play the out-of-town "I did not know the impact" card in this case. It is in these circumstances when two clubs are necessary: one for hatchery fish and one for ignorant fisherman. I wonder how well he could swim? And just because someone fly fish's does not make him a superior angler. We are all STEELHEADERS; one's tactics or presentations should not hinder our appreciation for these fish. I hope some day everyone can accept this.
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#489507 - 02/21/09 03:36 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
[Re: fish321]
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Spawner
Registered: 03/02/08
Posts: 777
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30 pounder on any gear would be a feat. Rivers are running low so, it is making fly fishing a little easier.
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#489509 - 02/21/09 03:52 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
[Re: SRoffe]
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D.E.A
Registered: 04/02/06
Posts: 1672
Loc: in da hood
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It was a PIG. An absolute PIG. Just over 30... TOTALLY FRIGGIN DEAD NOW. I hope the dude reads this and feels some sort of remorse. We all know these fish run in our rivers and how rare they are. It's a SHAME that one didn't redd the gravel... BOO!
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#489510 - 02/21/09 04:33 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
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Eyed Egg
Registered: 09/06/08
Posts: 7
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This guy is giving guys from PT a bad name. Don't sterotype PT fishermen with this guy. I like to fly fish the OP rivers too, but never would I keep a native. As for this guy having skill, I surely doubt it. I doubt he's a PT native.
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#489514 - 02/21/09 05:00 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
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D.E.A
Registered: 04/02/06
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Loc: in da hood
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43 X 23.5
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#489517 - 02/21/09 05:14 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
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WINNER
Registered: 01/11/03
Posts: 10363
Loc: Olypen
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Giving people from PT a bad name???? Now that's pretty funny. There are plenty goofballs of every dimension who live here for sure, but not All. Post a name if you have it. Doesn't take long for word to get around.
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#489518 - 02/21/09 05:26 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
[Re: ParaLeaks]
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Spawner
Registered: 03/02/08
Posts: 777
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How was he hooked? Usually a fly will get hooked in the lips and be a easy release. If he swallowed the fly? That's another story?
I caught a nice little wild coho one year on a fly. He swallowed the hook and bled out by the time I got him to the boat.
A shame that the fish wasn't released, but, we really don't know the whole story,... do we?
Sam
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#489520 - 02/21/09 05:38 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
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Carcass
Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 2379
Loc: Valencia, Negros Oriental, Phi...
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mabee it was a bleeder or hooked deep? i don't keep natives but always said if one was pumpin blood i would tag it hasn't happend hope it doesn't. Why would you tag it? If released, there is the possibility that it will survive and if it doesn't it adds to the biomass of the stream. Both outcomes are better than a few dinners, IMHO.
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#489529 - 02/21/09 06:36 PM
Re: Fly Rod 30 lbr. Last Night
[Re: eddie]
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 03/19/07
Posts: 1323
Loc: sequim, Wa
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mabee it was a bleeder or hooked deep? i don't keep natives but always said if one was pumpin blood i would tag it hasn't happend hope it doesn't. Why would you tag it? If released, there is the possibility that it will survive and if it doesn't it adds to the biomass of the stream. Both outcomes are better than a few dinners, IMHO. if its pumping blood theres no way it is going to spawn. let alone make it more than a hour or so. as far as biomass for the system i don't think it would really impact it one way or the other with or without one fish.
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