Whats your biggest Metalhead

[tmike]

These are all great fish. This isn't my biggest, but I have 3 in this range. I think the magical 20# mark isn't achieved as much as people think unless it is actually weighed. In order for it to be a true 20 you need a min. of 39-40 inches with a 20 inch girth. The girth is the important measurement. A 40 x 19 won't quite make it. That's just my opinion.  This hen (last wild I've intentionally killed in the mid 1980's) weighed 15 1/2 gutted and had 4 pounds of eggs weighed with me on a bathroom scale. Is it a 20    My biggest I don't have a picture of but M_ray and i tried to tail it three times before it came unbuttoned and it was a totally different class of fish than this one I have mounted. I'm guessing 22-23.

[MuleySniper]

Here's my biggest summer run from the sky..  Times Ive caught my biggest fish, my buddy fishing with me, a state fish checker  has measured my fish so I'm confident in my numbers

[coastalghost]

26 pound winter run from the Humptulips and a 22 pound summer run from the Wynoochie.

Gotta see that summer run if you have a pic...my best is around 18 in the nooch but I have heard of ones that you caught.  I lost a monster below the forks of the hump many years ago...still gives me shivers just thinking about it.  Hell...throw that one up if you got it.  Thanks and congrats.

[banannaclip]

20 POUNDER PILCHUCK,1996;20 POUNDER SUMMER RUN.SOUTH FORK STILLY,1980.

[Intruder]

DAMN Intruder, why not list my dream list of rivers to fish. LOL   I drove through Smithers and it was all Idabooner could do to keep the truck pointed in the right direction. 

Smithers is a great place.  Some really cool people too.  I could totally live there.  Hasn't really changed too much in the last 15 - 20 years.  I actually haven't been up there for 3 years.  I need to change that....   

[bucklucky]

Here's my biggest summer run from the sky..  Times Ive caught my biggest fish, my buddy fishing with me, a state fish checker  has measured my fish so I'm confident in my numbers

Nicce lookin Fish!!

[luvtohnt]

coastalghost,
I love that coffee table. It's awesome!!

Brandon

[RightPlace-RightTime]

heres some

[RightPlace-RightTime]

heres some

[burnhamrandr]

Nice fish, having moved to the east side I miss the steelies. Cowlitz, Skookumchuck, Newwalkum, and Willipa, sure miss it.

[RightPlace-RightTime]

summer time

[coastalghost]

heres some

Im bettin that was one scrappy fish!  Nice work.

[MuleySniper]

Sweet fish!! On a fly too! I bet that was a battle.
MS

[tlbradford]

I have fished almost all of the Washington Rivers that produce big steelies, and a lot on the Clearwater, but I am stil a virgin to the magic 20# barrier.  One at 19#, and the rest were all 16# and under.  I have eaten a lot that went 20+ thanks to my Dad fishing the Cowlitz 4-5 times a week during the runs.

[RightPlace-RightTime]

I love to catch steelhead on the fly,  Thats all i do.  Thanks for the comments.  The one is the snow took about 20 min to land with the eyes of my rod freezing in all.  Jumped like 3 times.  I love steelhead.