First Winter Steel

[Cornell2012]

My good friend Tom (of the Association of NW Steelheaders) took me out in his drift boat to try and get my first steelhead. Tom has been a great mentor for me since I moved to Oregon and helped me get my first salmon, sturgeon, and now steelhead!

I lost one right at the start of the trip and then things were slow for a little while. We eventually found another willing to bite though!

Wound up catching one wild fish as well as this hatchery keeper.

 

[fishing4sanity]

Congrats! Nice bright fish, that is going to be TASTY.

 

[Fire_9]

That’s what I miss most about WA…

 

[MinnesotaHunter]

Congrats! Those are some awesome rivers!

 

[Art Vandeley]

Very nice !

 

[Irrelevant]

My good friend Tom (of the Association of NW Steelheaders) took me out in his drift boat to try and get my first steelhead. Tom has been a great mentor for me since I moved to Oregon and helped me get my first salmon, sturgeon, and now steelhead!

I lost one right at the start of the trip and then things were slow for a little while. We eventually found another willing to bite though!

Wound up catching one wild fish as well as this hatchery keeper.

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Once you go steel you never go back...

 

[rtraverdavis]

Once you go steel you never go back...

There is nothing--NOTHING--like a chrome-bright wild steelhead.

@Cornell2012, learn the places in the rivers they like to hold in, then try swinging flies to them. It is a religious experience when a steelhead takes a swung fly.

 

[Irrelevant]

There is nothing--NOTHING--like a chrome-bright wild steelhead.

@Cornell2012, learn the places in the rivers they like to hold in, then try swinging flies to them. It is a religious experience when a steelhead takes a swung fly.

skated...bucket list...

 

[44hunter45]

Jealous

 

[rtraverdavis]

skated...bucket list...

I’ve hooked two on skaters. First time it was like someone dropped a bowling ball in the water when the fish took. I was so startled that I lost my footing and filled my waders. Worth it.

 

[Mica Man]

Great looking fish!

 

[Lambo]

Beautiful fish!