The fish actually took it on the swing. He hit it right before the line
straightened out downstream.
-sean
On 4 Nov 2000, Justin Teegarden wrote:
> Congratulations.. Great feeling isn't it?
>
> You say you were using an egg sucking leach. I'm curious. Did the fish take it on
>the swing or dead drift?
>
> Justin
>
>
> On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 16:50:05 -0800 Sean Ransom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I caught my first steelhead today. It has been three months in the
> >making but well worth. I was fishing my usual hole on the
> >Stilly(legally) and hooked into a nice 7 pound hatchery buck. I caught
> >him on a black lead eye egg sucking leech. He hammered the fly and was
> >hooked well before I could even react. While not the largest in the hole
> >he certainly put on a good fight and made a couple nice leaps. Landed
> >him after about a 10 minute fight and I kept him. I figured for the time
> >and money I have spent trying to catch a steelhead in the past 3 months
> >that the fish was worth its weight in gold. I hope the next one does not
> >take this long...
> >
> >I also hooked 5 chum and landed 3. The largest was between 12-15 pounds
> >and he bit me. Only one of them really put up a fight and the other two
> >just kinda rolled over and came into shore. There are tons of chum on
> >the stilly now which is surprising due to the lack of any real good rain
> >lately.
> >
> >Anyway I will be back out there tomorrow to get that second steelhead.
> >Or at least try...
> >
> >-sean
> >
> >
>
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