Jonesin' for steelhead

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I jumped the border last week and fished the Ronde for my first time. all i have to say is it was one of the best decisions ive made in awhile. four of us went out. two of us armed with fly rods and the other two using bait casters bottom bouncing. the later technique did not yield any fish. my other friend and i with fly rods had a blast. it was his first time ever fly fishing for steelhead and only his third or fourth time fly fishing period. i let him use my 8wt. we hiked up river just a little bit and we came to a spot that was pretty fast but just screamed fish. my buddy ended up landing 6 steelhead and a few white fish. I ended up landing two and hooking up three other times on my 6wt. after two i ended up handing off the fly rod to one of my friends who was getting discouraged at how much fun we were having with out him. he then proceeded in hooking up twice but never landing them. all the fish were small between 5 and 8 pounds but holy crap were they fiesty. every fish went airborn multiple times and would run in to the heavy water. i took some pictures and i just havent had a chance to post them yet.

im hoping to get this deer hunting done soon so i can get back out there and do it again.

hope that got your blood pumping a little bit. if you ever head up this way and want to fish it let me know i will make sure we can meet up.
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