Looks like I get to join you in the broken rod department. I snapped my
Scott 11'9" 6wt two-hander on a cast while steelheading yesterday
afternoon. I wished I could say it was on a large fish.
Leland.
> Recently I have made several attempts to catch kings in the salt water
>near the skokomish and have had some, but little luck, but not nearly as
>much as when I flyfish for Steelhead on some of the local rivers. The
>steelies are nice and plentiful this year and much to my surprise so are
>the nooks.While the river I like to fish is fly fish only this time of
>year and targeting kings is a no no, I do manage to hook a few each
>year(on accident) and they often have their way with me, so when I hooked
>into a thirty pound king last night on my 5 weight it was more that I
>bargained for. It was the battle of the century and I knew I was in
>trouble . I actually got the fish out of the current twice and right in
>front of me to take look at it in awe. Just when I felt I could possibly
>land this beast it screamed out a third run and snapped my rod instantly.
>This fish was a chrome bright native almost 40 inches in length and its
>girth was that of a small child. By far the largest fish I ever hooked and
>seen outside of Alaska. In recent years I've seen more kings in the rivers
>than years past, and I hope this is a trend that continues. Just think how
>good fishing could be if we banned all nets.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Patrick
>
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><DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> Recently I have made
>several attempts to catch kings in the salt water near the skokomish and have
>had some, but little luck, but not nearly as much as when I flyfish for
>Steelhead on some of the local rivers. The steelies are nice and plentiful
>this
>year and much to my surprise so are the nooks.While the river I like to
>fish is fly fish only this time of year and targeting kings is a no no, I
>do manage to hook a few each year(on accident) and they often have their way
>with me, so when I hooked into a thirty pound king last night on my 5
>weight it
>was more that I bargained for. It was the battle of the century and I knew
>I was
>in trouble . I actually got the fish out of the current twice and
>right in
>front of me to take look at it in awe. Just when I felt I could possibly land
>this beast it screamed out a third run and snapped my rod instantly. This
>fish was a chrome bright native almost 40 inches in length and its girth
>was that of a small child. By far the largest fish I ever hooked and seen
>outside of Alaska. In recent years I've seen more kings in the
>rivers than years past, and I hope this is a trend that continues. Just
>think how good fishing could be if we banned all nets.</DIV>
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