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Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« on: February 25, 2011, 09:07:50 AM »
Well,  Made it to the river in the snow storm. :-)

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Re: Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2011, 09:14:33 AM »
NICE! Good day on the river, great looking fish  :drool:
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Re: Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2011, 09:24:32 AM »
That's what winter steelheading is all about! Nice fish.

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Re: Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2011, 11:55:06 AM »
Awesome!
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Re: Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2011, 12:00:01 PM »
very nice, congrats and nice pictures :tup:

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Re: Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2011, 12:14:50 PM »
awesome! Great pictures, and nice fish!
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Re: Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2011, 07:46:39 PM »
Right on I love the pics!

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Re: Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2011, 07:54:02 PM »
Awesome fish and pictures.  Thanks for sharing a great outing!  Steelhead to a fly is still on my must do list!
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Re: Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2011, 08:09:32 PM »
Well done

Swinging? Nymphing?

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Re: Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2011, 08:31:15 AM »
It was on the swing,  I just love the takes when swinging the fly.  It was a different take with the cold water.  I had the wait through the 10 seconds of what I thought was a trout nibbling before setting the hook.  Then finally after the nibbling came the heavy wait of the take.  The set was on.  It was a fun fish.  Thanks guys for the replys.

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Re: Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2011, 08:54:56 PM »
What river was that? It takes a hearty soul to go out in weather like that...
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Re: Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2011, 09:32:19 PM »
I bet that water was a little cold :chuckle: Very nice fish! I love to see when people handle the native fish right. Props to you on that.
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Re: Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2011, 05:04:45 AM »
Gorgeous steelie there! NICE!!
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Re: Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2011, 07:47:47 AM »
Swinging a big fly or something sparse?  Bright or dark?  I've been flyfishing for steelies about 10 yrs now.  I have yet to figure out a preference depending on the conditions.  Each river seems to have different tastes.

I am trying to figure out the nymphing game now though, figure it's easier to fish while floating in the DB.

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Re: Yesterdays Snow storm defines winter steelhead flyfishing
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2011, 09:27:59 AM »
Nice fish man, you've got yourself a little honey hole there. Its hard to find a consistent place to swing up winter steel. Good work keeping that guy in the water too, nice to see guys doing it the right way.   :tup:
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