Gary Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 After decades of wanting to fish for steelhead I finally found the time this past november to get out and see what all the fuss is about. When we arrived the river we were fishing was flowing at 28 cubic metres a second and a day later was flowing at over 140 cubic metres a second. That made for interesting fishing not to mention swimming. Guess you haven't lived till you have dunked yourself in a rain swollen steehead river in the middle of November. We did get some steelhead and some pretty cutts as well. Al got 3 steelhead including the 36" buck pictured. I got two, my first a 32" doe (pictured) and a 35" buck. I am officially addicted. Steelhead fishing is everything it is cracked up to be and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashGordon Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 right on..thx for that,looks like you did very well for the first time out i'm thinking if i go out there i won't come back ...or my first trip will be a skunk due to lack of knowledge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agbff Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Did you just go out and wing it or were you guided? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Did you just go out and wing it or were you guided? Went out on our own...no guides. Al has fished for steelhead before but not were we went Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawgstoppah Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Awesome. I wish my pics of my trip where of this quality. Great shots and memories gents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 420FLYFISHIN Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 i really like to photo of the old growth tree stump, its a great shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agbff Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 so five fish in how many days? that sixth shot is sooooo cool man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolman Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Great report/pics, fella's and beauty Steelies. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beedhead Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Super fish!!!....Awesome pics!!!....Thanx for sharing!!!....WOW... Cherrs...Jeff.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayr Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Some excellent shots and beautiful fish! Thanks for sharing them, WTG! Ayr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamIam Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Beauty metalheads........i so miss my home rivers..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorney Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Nice pics. One of these days I will get out there. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbowtrout Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Freaking SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 so five fish in how many days? that sixth shot is sooooo cool man we fished 10 days. It was only supposed to be 6 but because the rivers were so blown out we stayed a little longer to fish the lower water. We also had on another 3 each with a couple of cohos thrown in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 i really like to photo of the old growth tree stump, its a great shot Thanks. When we got to that spot the tree stump was all intact. The missing middle piece broke out while I was casting to the log and drifted away. The piece that broke out was the size of pickup truck. The tree was huge. Thanks for all the great replies all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 lobe your chromer dude!~ thanks for posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Thanks. When we got to that spot the tree stump was all intact. The missing middle piece broke out while I was casting to the log and drifted away. The piece that broke out was the size of pickup truck. The tree was huge. Thanks for all the great replies all! Awesome photo's Gary. Looks like someone carved a leaping fish in the top of that stump years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duanec Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 very cool shots and some nice feesh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markd Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 charlottes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertrossi Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 where were you fishing? nice pics b.t.w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Thanks for posting It made my day. Miss that area of BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 Thanks for posting It made my day. Miss that area of BC. You're welcome...I can see why you miss it. It has only been a month and I miss it already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harps Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Glad you and Al had a good time!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monger Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Congrats on a successful trip. Those are some serious fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jksnijders Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Awesome.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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