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[reel guru]

I am a new member to ifish and have heard that the way to start out on a good foot is to give a brief story. The best story I can think of is about my first winter steelie this year. So, here goes.
I often find myself going to places where other people are already fishing. Must be something mentally wrong with me because I subconsciously think that these are the only places to catch fish. Not always the case. When I decided to go to the Nestucca a couple weeks ago I was thinking that Jackson's was going to be less crowded than normal. Yeah right. There was at least five guys already there and they probably were not looking for a sixth. Consequently I drove over to Three Rivers at the hatchery (once again seeking out people...lol) and saw about 8 cars parked and even more fisherman. It was a crowded situation but, I decided to fish it anyway. I was trying to teach my buddy how to fish for steelies and at the same time get into my first winter fish of the year. Unfortunately, all I came across was some snagger types that were going after the elusive white sore nook. I can't tell you how many times I saw people setting the hook into the backs or tails of these poor, dying fish. Rather than stay and get frustrated I decided to go down river about a half mile and try my luck at a little riffle with zero other peoples. No more than 15 minutes had passed and I hooked into a bright chrome winter hatchery steelie. Very cool. My friend had a couple of bites with no luck. We both had a much more enjoyable experience and when I stopped by the hatchery before I left, the only fish that were on the bank were so full of white sores I could have poked my finger through the skin and come out with some mighty stinky moisturizer (lol). Moral of the story I guess is that it takes less effort to just move to a different local than it does to stay and fight it out. Thanks for reading my first post. Hope you guys enjoyed. BTW I am an employee at Ollie Damon's and would be more than happy to help you guys out with any reel or rod questions. Provided that it does not become a second job....just kidding :grin: . My name is Ryan and yahooza for ifish .

[justcastn]

Welcome Aboard Great story!!! Sometimes the spots that no one knows about are the best!! :grin:

[Plum Crazy]

Welcome Aboard,
Good to have you on board.
Fire

[Mad Mikey]

Good thing your name isn't Heidi.......

[Fish Hawg]

Welcome aboard, that was a great story, your friend will want to go steel head fishing every day, now he know you can catch fish :grin: :tongue:

If you dont mind me asking what was the lure of choice

[River Ranger]

welcome guru.You've just joined an awesome group of people.
R.R.

[Silver Eagle]

Welcome aboard and keep up the stories, love to hear someone is having luck, been Cat hunting and haven't hit the rivers yet.........Ray


Remember never leave fish to catch fish, Unless its toooooo crowded

[Aufish101]

reel guru:



To ifish, good job on the steely, can't wait till I get mine!

Aufish101

[Mikeymoto]

Welcome to I-fish. I like your outlook on things. MM

[high_arc]

Welcome aboard.

[Born to be Wild]

Welcome aboard.
Cool story!
Ollie who? :grin:

Be prepared to work lots of OT (on your PC). :grin:

Dano

[spinnermaker]

Welcome to ifish

[Beerbelly]

Welcome!!!!!!

[SHOUGALNITE]

WELCOME

[Bendman]

Welcome RG

[Sturgeondave]

Welcome!! To a site that has all kinds of info.

[Steelheadgreen]

Good story,

Hope you enjoy the many bennifits of this website....

[Boatdog]

Welcome, reel guru!

Great story, and I'm really glad I read it, because it reminded me to go pick up my reels today that you just finished working on!

Now let's go get some SPRINGERS!