Leland,
Did you say while casting? Will you buy or build a new rod to replace
the
two hander?
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From: Leland Miyawaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: Steelhead or Kings
> 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>
> ><DIV> </DIV>
> ><DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
> ><DIV> </DIV>
> ><DIV>Patrick</DIV></BODY></HTML>
>
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