02-28-2010, 05:09 AM
My neighbor and I fished below Shoup Friday evening and Saturday morning and we managed to land 5 steelhead between us.
Saturday we got a fishing lesson from 2 guys that caught at least 10 each before we left around noon.
There were around 12 people lined up along the stretch of river we were fishing and these 2 guys were whacking the fish while guys close to them only caught a few or some were skunked. We only got 1 on Saturday and it was frustrating to see these guys hook one after another while everyone else struggled. They were not right next to each other and they had other guys near them so it wasn't like they had the prime spot to themselves. When I talked to them they told me that they had never fished this run before. Either they were lucky or good and my guess is they were good.
Maybe someday if we keep at it we will be able to get the steelhead mojo like those guys. I am thinking about changing my forum name to "Rookie SteelFisher" since that is what I am.
Attached are a couple of pictures.
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Saturday we got a fishing lesson from 2 guys that caught at least 10 each before we left around noon.
There were around 12 people lined up along the stretch of river we were fishing and these 2 guys were whacking the fish while guys close to them only caught a few or some were skunked. We only got 1 on Saturday and it was frustrating to see these guys hook one after another while everyone else struggled. They were not right next to each other and they had other guys near them so it wasn't like they had the prime spot to themselves. When I talked to them they told me that they had never fished this run before. Either they were lucky or good and my guess is they were good.
Maybe someday if we keep at it we will be able to get the steelhead mojo like those guys. I am thinking about changing my forum name to "Rookie SteelFisher" since that is what I am.
Attached are a couple of pictures.
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