Tuesday before the water blew out on the Bogy I landed my 1st winter run on the the swung fly. I am new to this this! What a rush I never expected! Big swirl and the fight was on. 10 min. in I was beginning to wonder if it was gear problem as to why i could not turn his head to shore or my inexperience fighting with a fly rod. Granted I have landed 100's on the spinning/casting setup but this was different. Working the 13 foot rod was different. As it turns out the fish was 15#+ and that was why I had a bitch of a time. It was a major tug of war, and in the end, all by myself, I could not get a pic during the release...damn. That's ok because I am hooked to do more before it closes, and have the confidence in my presentation and fly patterns that I never had before. Thanks OP.

Good going on your first one!

yup..its warming up. the water that is.fish are going to be more active until the season ends resulting in better fishing with a swung fly.i prefer to indicator fish though... excellent job!!! not just a first one a bigger fish!

Congrats and nice starter fish
Seriously, what a great fish for your first steelie on a bug rod.
Having a picture would've been nice but the memories are even better.

Uh-oh, looks like another drug addict joins the crowd. Congratulations! and may you be a recovering fly fisherman for the rest of your life.

Sg

Congrats and I know exactly how and what you were probably feeling.

"Why is this fish kicking my butt? This spey thing is stupid.............is it always this difficult to bring in a fish on a spey rod........what the hell am I doing?....................... WHOLLY CRAP!!!!!!!"

With a guy catching a steelhead on the swing, another saying he prefers to "flyfish" with an indicator, and Parker chiming in about flyfishing (though, surprisingly, he has yet to re-post a pic yet )...there's no reason this thread can't make it to seven pages, too

Fish on...

Todd

Still funny.

Parker do you happen to have a picture of a spey caught fish?

No. Do you?

Alright, no fighting.

OK, funny this time. Context matters.

Does Paker have a picture of any fish?

(just trying to help bump the page count)

You guys are really letting me down.

Do I have to post a pic of a fish I caught on a bead, with a centerpin of all things, to get this started?



Fish on...

Todd

No Todd, this is a fly fishing thread. Why don't you post a photo of your fly caught steelhead?

How about I post a pic of one caught with a float and jig...err, I mean "indicator and weighted nymph"...?



Fish on...

Todd

Hey Todd, yer the one posting in the fly forum, so how's about a fly caught fish?

Sg

That's what he just said.