Hey everyone!.
Its about time I posted one of these! lol..
It's been a LONG 3 weeks, but finally today... the curse has been lifted.
tributaryhunter and myself took off this morning bright and early to do some steelheading.
The morning started slow... and heres where the bad news comes in..
I got snagged, and as I was walking with my rod backwards, it snapped in half just below the first joint.
Yes. The rod that I just purchased.. Raven IM6.... (On a side note, does anyone know if I can get it replaced?)
Anyways, discouraged, i decided to go back to my car and put together my Quantum QXL 10'6.
Popped the centerpin on and headed back out. Tried drifting the spot again, bobber down, ended up being a SUCKER. lol.
Drift again, bobber down,.. ROUND GOBY.... what the heck? lol...
Meanwhile tribhunter got a nice one on and someone casted their line over top of his while he was fighting the fish, and then yanked, causing his line to snap.
I decided to try somewhere else to no avail, so I went back to our original spot hoping the pressure was gone. First cast.. nothing...
tribhunter walks over, first drift... FISH ON....
It was a brute... Pulled its way across stream and then.... SNAP... Leader gone...
I cast my roe bag out... Bobber down... but for some reason I didnt set the hook.. I noticed my bobber acting weird... and it went down again, and SET, FISH ON....
Faught it for a couple of minutes and brought it over to shore and landed my first ever steelhead! Man did it feel good...
It was so rewarding to land a steelhead after all that.....
I ended up going 1 for 6 on the day... The next 5 fish took my hooks....
The one I hooked into did a 10ft jump into the air. It was pretty amazing..... I love this fish......