First steelhead thread

Three months!!! Too bad man ;D


At about 12 I had read all the books.... thought that these things sound fun. Thank god for a mid Jan B-day cause I thats when I got my first pair of waders. My dad had an extra rod from his days on the flows (replaced by salt) if any one remembers the old DAM quicks... now there is a coffee grinder!
He had talked to some buds that were still in the loop and I had finally convinced him to take me to give these things a try. We left early as the spot we were going to hit was about 2.5 hours away, the whole way up....son dont get discouraged, it took me 3 years to shake hands with my first and a lot of time. I was just exited to finally give it a try.
Down the loggin roads we head, pull down into a hole in the trees and head another couple miles pinstriping the truck the whole way down. There it was..... emerald green, the perfect pool, still holds a place in my heart.
Freezing cold I set my stuff up like a rocket, the old man was way behind so watched my first cast, givin some pointers. Well had about 6 feet between the float and lead in bout 3 feet of water, the float looked like it was havin a seisure bouncin over the baseball sized rocks close to foot..... dont walk right in he says, cast there first. Bout 20 feet my float bounced then......GONE. Gave it a pull.... it pulled back, couple minutes later after my first cast ever steelheading had about a 7lb doe that I shook hands with and let her go, remember telling the old man whata ya talkin bout..... this is easy ;D, guess it was meant to be, whata way to fuel an addiction.
That was many moons ago and still going strong, funny how most every fish feels a little like the first.

Mind you the old man (after the great start) i got out scored 3-1, did loose a couple more though
Ill never forget that day :cheers:

i was 12 spring break with my brother... the previous day an old fella named ian(he lives in the red roofed house opposite peach road) had set me up with one of his balsa floats, some split shot and a short leader and told me to fish that depth.. in the run i was fishing... he asked me how big i wanted my first to be.. i ofcourse said 20lbs :thumbup: he laughed and said lets start you off with around a 8lber... and no word of a lie next day out with my older brother i nailed a 8lb wild doe on tilamook procured spring roe :happy: then my brother someone used the euphoria i was experiencing against me to con me out of my spot so he could land a 23lb wild buck haha but i never got to thank old ian as i never saw him since and this was 6 years ago. so thank you to ian from the red roofed house for hooking me up with my first steelhead AND knowing the exact weight... i still have your float and refuse to fish it now and it will always be with me as will the memory of a kind old fisher helping a newbie out..