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01-03-2007, 09:41 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Feb 2006
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First Fish of '07
Started the year with a bang with this chrome 31 X 15 hen. I was nymphing with an chenille egg under an Agent Orange, I let it swing through a seam at the end of my drift and this big girl went screaming down river with my Agent Orange in her jaw. After a pretty fiesty battle of runs up and down stream I brought her to the bank. First fish of '07 and biggest steelhead of my life. I am use to catching skinny McKenzie steelies, it was nice to see a fish with a little belly left on it.
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01-03-2007, 10:06 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Drift boat
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Re: First Fish of '07
Very nice
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01-03-2007, 10:30 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: First Fish of '07
Sweet!
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01-03-2007, 10:51 AM
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Fly Fisher
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Sauvie Island
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Re: First Fish of '07
Good job and great start for 2007  !
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01-03-2007, 12:08 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Milwaukie
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Re: First Fish of '07
That's a nice fish!! Thanks for sharing..
Jc
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01-03-2007, 01:00 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Milwaukie
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Re: First Fish of '07
Way to start the new year!  Maybe a sign of good things to come in rest of the year.
Bob
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01-03-2007, 01:36 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Raleigh, NC and Happy Valley, OR
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Re: First Fish of '07
That is one nice looking fish!
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01-03-2007, 02:12 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Seattle, WA
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Re: First Fish of '07
Nice fish!
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01-03-2007, 02:58 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: On the river...
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Re: First Fish of '07
Hey, I saw you guys out there yesterday. Good thing you got her then, because its 1.5' deeper and brown in that spot today! 
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01-03-2007, 04:01 PM
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King Salmon
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Re: First Fish of '07
Nice job
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01-03-2007, 04:25 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Camas, Washington
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Re: First Fish of '07
That fish is exactly why we freeze our butts of in the river this time of year. Congrats on the great fish and I hope you get a few more before the season ends.
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01-03-2007, 04:33 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Portland
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Re: First Fish of '07
What a nice hen! Good work! 
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01-03-2007, 07:11 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Re: First Fish of '07
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01-03-2007, 07:38 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Between the McKenzie and M.F. Willamette
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Re: First Fish of '07
Nice fish Chris..You should enter it in the Steelhead Challenge..
Andrew
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01-03-2007, 08:25 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Upper Clack
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Re: First Fish of '07
Uh oh Twitch, it's going to packed now! JK, nice fish man and if you hit that river enough you'll get many more with belly fat left to spare.
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01-03-2007, 09:40 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Re: First Fish of '07
Good job man... now its my turn   I am doing horrible this winter 0 for 1
S_B
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01-04-2007, 07:39 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Re: First Fish of '07
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mokai
Nice fish Chris..You should enter it in the Steelhead Challenge..
Andrew
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I was going to, but with all the excitement I forgot to take a picture with the fly and my rod in it.
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01-04-2007, 08:51 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: loomis ,ca
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Re: First Fish of '07
sweet steelie .
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01-04-2007, 12:18 PM
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Coho
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: First Fish of '07
Nice fish! I am jealous.
I have never seen the agent orange pattern. Does anyone has a picture and a recipe?
Thanks.
Jeremy
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01-04-2007, 12:31 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Re: First Fish of '07
It is a Trophy Waters pattern that I have modified a lil bit.
Hook: Steelhead size 2-8 (I use a Gamataksu (sp?) Stinger size 2
Head: Orange Bead I use an Orange Cone
Weight: lots of lead
Tail: I use about 10 strands of gold Krystal Flash
Thorax: Brown Chenille with gold mylar tinsel as ribbing
Abdomen: Black Seal Dubbing
Legs: 2 sets of Brown legs. 1 tied at the head and 1 under the wing case
Wingcase: 1/4" wide strip of flash stretched over the abdomen.
Here is a picture of the Trophy Waters version
Last edited by Pelhament; 01-04-2007 at 12:36 PM.
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01-04-2007, 04:25 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Columbia River Gorge, OR
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Re: First Fish of '07
Very nice fish. Congrats.
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01-04-2007, 10:03 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Oregon City
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Re: First Fish of '07
A very nice fish Pelhament.
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01-06-2007, 02:53 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: On the river...
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Re: First Fish of '07
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pelhament
I was going to, but with all the excitement I forgot to take a picture with the fly and my rod in it.
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I can see your rod/reel/fly line in the background. Get it in the challenge, its a piggie. I'll vouch for ya, I saw you fishing that day.
Eric
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01-06-2007, 03:17 PM
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Fly Fisher
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Sauvie Island
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Re: First Fish of '07
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I can see your rod/reel/fly line in the background. Get it in the challenge, its a piggie. I'll vouch for ya, I saw you fishing that day.
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The rules require that the rod and reel be in the photo. While there is a rod and reel in the background of the photo, it is not very clear.
If Twitchs_Tackle will "vouch" for you, then I'll allow the fish in the competition!
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