Nice nate caught on trout tackle (pics)

[DJFISHS2XS]

friend and I fished like it was a job all morn on a crowded small river (small is the key word)
with out a steelhead bite...a few bumps and lite strikes from cutties is about it... I went to the truck and got a spinning rod and rigged up a small pink single egg fly (pom-pom)with a spit shot and caught 2 nice cutties in the first 5 casts...so my friend rob runs up to my truck and grabs my other spinning rod and rigs up with a orange single egg fly (pom-pom)and a split shot. we talked about how fun it would be to hook a steely on these light rod with 6 pound test...next thing you know he yells hey I got a steel head hooked...boy did he, 25 min to land him and a 1/4 mile of river....I guess it pays to down-size when the fishing presure is high....nice nate that was released ever so gently....DJ

[ 02-09-2004, 07:13 AM: Message edited by: DJFISHS2XS ]

[Ty]

Nice work!!

My biggest this year came on 6 pound test and a very light rod!

[SHOUGALNITE]

[redfish89]

Nice Fish...

[jokester]

Nice looking fish!!!

-jokester

[Corkie Monster]

Nice fish, [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] I did the same with my first Steely. Had a tiny Panther Martin tied on my line with about 6-8 lb line. Fishing for trout when my line tangled. Got the rats nest out and started to reel and Wammo!!! Hooked into about a 12 lb buck and landed it. :shocked: I was about 13 then and fishing wayside on the Big Nestucca.

CM

[Fisherfield]

Nice work DJ. Thanks for sending me the pick of Sydney and her big fishy. She's a fish catchin machine, just like her dad. Can't wait til Shelby's catchin' like that!!

say Hey to Chuck!

Jeff

[blacktail519]

Nice fish

[Raven1]

Way to go, nice fish [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[maxcat27]

nice

[SPAZZ]

[Akuracy503]

What a great experience! you'll always remember that incident of trying a new presentation and being rewarded for it. great fish!

[anger management]

Nice fish. Is that this years caught fish

[Billy Tillamook]

I could almost see myself in the reflection of that chromy! nice job [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[Wood N' Fish]

Great fish!!!! Need Rayban's fer that one!!

[cotalot]

Great fish DJFISHS2XS!

My biggest steelhead ever, was while trout fishing. Great for another even more important reason, as well.

1981 and my first fishing trip with my dad after getting out of the service. Dad and I fished the "Big D" between Maupin and Sherrer's for two days. Since it was the weekend after the 4th of July, trout were the only game in town.

After two days and just a couple fat redsides to show for it, we headed up the access road above Maupin, maybe a 1/3 mile below the locked gate. Dad started making breakfast and I threw out a little green Rooster Tail. Soon I got a great hit & when it came out of the water... that was no redside- "Steelhead On!", I yelled to dad.

He comes running down, spatula in hand, I'm cranking on this thing, dad's yelling, "Don't horse it! Don't horse it!", and about that time- Pop! Nuthin'. I reel in and the hook straightened.

So I snap on the next size larger Rooster Tail. Two casts later, another hard hit! This time, I let the fish "play me". Back and forth, back and forth, he runs, I gain a little, lose a lot, gain more, lose less... and after 40 minutes, have a buck.

We weighed in at the Oasis- 3 hours later and after being gutted- 21 lbs! Fish & Game guy said sometimes, Snake River fish do make a “wrong turn” and no doubt I hooked into a couple of those.

The important part of the story, for me, is the times with my dad. A couple of strokes later, the ravages of time, you know. He can't get out any more. And soon he will be gone. But some of the most precious memories of my life are those times with my father. Time can't have those.

The fish, were just a bonus.