Got my first winterrun of the year today.

My dad and I finally got out steelhead fishing today. We haven't gone steelheading together for two years. My dad has never caught a steelie. Well after 15 minutes of being at this small olympic peninsula river I hooked up. After my dad opened up every pocket in my vest he finally found my cmaera which by this time the steelie was tired. It ended up being a 27x13 inch hatchery buck. 45 minutes later I hooked in to a chum and remembered how many times he gave me the rod when he got a fish on, so I gave him the rod and he landed it which made him and I happy. I will ost the pic when I get them developed.

I caught my first winter run this year today on the Sky.

What'd you catch it on plugpuller? Not a jig I hope! Oh, that's right that don't matter anyway. I think I remember you saying you WEREN'T a VIRGIN, right?

PlugPuller I have a hunch I saw you packin chrome out this afternoon on a small OlyPen river. Way to go. Forgive KB as he's claiming a disability due to his tripping over his D!!K float chasin women of less than ill repute down the street! Glad someone was in the zone considerin river conditions.

gooose

Krome,
I got it on a corky and yarn no eggs. I have only got one steelie on a jig. I had my dad use a jig and float to try and get him one that way cuz it is easy to see if he has a bight.
Gooose,
Was that you with the brown or camo coat on above me? I have bad eyes without my glasses. You will know where I am talking about when I say "watch out for the donkeys." I just abou t got charged again yesterday. They freak me out. Did you have any luck?

Chris

Well in that case, way to go plug puller!

Got my first ever steelhead today on the Bogey. Pretty cool... a subtle bite, not what I expected...

-N.

Plug Puller not the Donkey spot again! I was further west...probably run into you one of these days as it sounds like we hit the same small rivers. Rec' you get some female cougar scent...guaranteed to scare off those Donk's but lookout for rednecks and hound dogs.

Gooose

Thanks Krome, yeah I am not a virgin in that catagory.

Yeah gooose,
If the big rivers aren't fishable this weekend I might go to the donkey spot or to the river that you were at. Did you have any luck there?
I think that I will hold off on the scent because you know what some of the fisherman around that area are like. I won't have to worry about the donkeys or those big cows.
tight lines and hope to see you out there.

[ 12-10-2001: Message edited by: plug puller ]

Here's a picture of my first-ever steelhead, caught yesterday.



Cool.

-N.

CONGRATS!!!

Congratulations, StorminN,

If you enjoyed it half as much as your smile says you did, I feel sorry for you.

Jobs, wives/girlfriends, families, and pretty much the rest of your friends (that don't fish) will likely suffer due to the particular affliction that you have just contracted.

Good luck on number two!!

Fish on...

Todd.
Wild Steelhead Coalition

Woohoo, Stormin'! Didja get it on a jig?

Hey thanks, guys... yeah, I'm hooked. Normally all I'm thinking about this time of the year is going snowboarding, but this year, it's a whole different game...

and no, I didn't catch it on a jig... didn't I read somewhere that float & jig fishing is like "training wheels"? jk... I got it on a corky and yarn, and a wee little trace of sand shrimp tail (like cast #20 for that tail, I'm one of those guys that doesn't like using bait)...

I will try the jigs, though... it will give me another excuse to use the fly-tying vise, and I can think of waters that would be better fishing with a float... I just hate rigging those teeny little float stoppers... almost as much as I hate using bait... just a hassle.

-N.