Experience pays off
I fished the Elk River for the first time on Sunday. Never seen the river, didn't know it was an eight mile drift, and didn't know what the best tactic to use was- bobber, back bouncing, kwikfish? Most people seemed to be kwikfishing, which I tried with no luck.
The first half of the drift was pretty slow; I had a couple of missed opportunities and broke one of my older rods. Six hours into the drift I see 10 or 12 bright fish shoot down river through a shallow tailout. I immediately drag anchor to a stop and start fishing a tight seem with some of these infamous sardine fillet eggs(which have never produced for me), and slam- fish on. Lost that one on my steelhead rod(my other one broke, remember). I rigged up the bobber rod with the tuff-line for back bouncing and hooked another within five minutes which I battled in- 28 lb hen, chrome. Had two more chrome fish on, but by myself in the drift boat these fish were hot and hard to handle. You have to be able to fish ten different ways on a river you don't know, and then you're still lucky to get a fish. It sure was fun, but I wish it wasn't so far. I'd like to try the south coast for winter steelhead,too- HT
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The life of a steelhead fisherman is always intense.
Was he a logger or was it a different kind of tree?
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