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Fish #1... Fished one of my favorite areas for early steelhead. Wasn't expecting much since its still pretty early. started off with a float and jig (pink/purple) but couldn't get rid of the chum so i moved to a different run and started tossing a 50/50 B.C. Steel to see if i could find any aggressive fish hanging around. About my third cast through the run my line goes slack and a good sized steelhead goes air-born out in the middle of the river. I reeled in as quick as I could to get some tension on the fish then set the hook nice and deep for good measure. SUPER HOT FISH, thing went bananas, tail-walking, cartwheeling, all that good stuff. Finally got him to the bank and turn out to be about a 10 lb native winter run! snapped a pic and off he went.
Fish #2... Fish the same run without much success for another hour or so with the spoon and jigs. Decided to move up to the Proctor Creek area and give it a go. Fished the lower hole for a minute then moved on up to the top. I went back to the jig for this spot because its pretty snaggy and B.C. Steels are expensive! Casting upstream parallel to shore and letting it drift back towards me I got a bobber down about 6 feet from shore. Set the hook and see a flash of green... stupid chum. Get the fish off the hook then cast again. bobber goes down in the same spot so I figure its another chum but this time a little hen steelhead goes air-born! after a short fight i slide a little hatchery hen onto the bank.
solid day of fishing! looking forward to more fish moving into the river soon. I got lucky because I know there aren't many in yet. Tight lines everyone.
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