11-06-2005, 06:06 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Thankee fer the kindly comments sire. Hope the weather lets you out a time or two. From my experience in that part of the country the weather forecast for the next few months is "lots of rain, with lots of showers and the possibility of ice and snow."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I used to have a good fishing buddy in Salem and his favorite saying was that you look out the window in the morning, and if it ain't rainin' it soon will be.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Here are a few pics of some of the steelies I have caught (and kept) over the years. Of course I have released a great number of them too. I practiced C&R before C&R was cool. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I don't have a picture of my all time best. It was a 19 1/2 pound chromer not too far up the Smith River in northern California. We had been fishing for three days without a hit, while the river got back in shape after major storms. As the other two guys were warming up the car to go, I hooked up on a size 6 silver hilton and the fish immediately jumped higher than my head. It was getting dark, but the guys came down with a flashlight and a net. We scooped her into the bag about a half mile down the river. Of course none of has brought cameras and we let her go after a quick weigh-in.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I hope I gave ya some steelie fever. Ha![/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I used to have a good fishing buddy in Salem and his favorite saying was that you look out the window in the morning, and if it ain't rainin' it soon will be.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Here are a few pics of some of the steelies I have caught (and kept) over the years. Of course I have released a great number of them too. I practiced C&R before C&R was cool. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I don't have a picture of my all time best. It was a 19 1/2 pound chromer not too far up the Smith River in northern California. We had been fishing for three days without a hit, while the river got back in shape after major storms. As the other two guys were warming up the car to go, I hooked up on a size 6 silver hilton and the fish immediately jumped higher than my head. It was getting dark, but the guys came down with a flashlight and a net. We scooped her into the bag about a half mile down the river. Of course none of has brought cameras and we let her go after a quick weigh-in.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I hope I gave ya some steelie fever. Ha![/#0000ff]
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