Steelheading Today

[solopaddler]

It's not always about numbers of fish when it comes to steelheading.

On this day the scenery stole the show with the fall colours ablaze in our glorious October sunlight.

Today a friend and I walked a solid 12km (6 up, 6 back) through this amazing backdrop in search of fish.

An exhausting yet satisfying trek.

 

 

 

 

 

With the warm temp's most fish were nosed up into the fast water at the heads of the pools.

Innocuous little fast water seams and slots all held fish, (albeit almost entirely small skippers).

 

 

We each caught a bunch of these feisty little guys, with micro bags tied in white, singles and light fluoro leaders being the order of day.

 

 

My bud landed one decent adult fish in the 7lb range. I had another that shot upstream like a missile, jumped 3 feet out of the river cartwheeling and spit my hook.

Definitely one I'll remember...

 

The only downside...near the end of the day the tip broke on my brand new custom Raven float rod.

I need a new tip and need to get it re-wrapped fast.

Checked the Raven website hoping to call them direct and expedite the process, but there's no contact number.

If anyone out there does happen to have a phone number could you pass it along to me?

I'd greatly appreciate it!

 

Have a good one boys,

 

Cheers, Mike

[Greencoachdog]

Great report and pics!!!

 

That is a beautiful fish in the last pic!!!

[mattyk]

some nice pics and fish!

[irishfield]

Great to see that some days you're, just, "human" Mike! lol

 

One fish and a beautiful day to share with us. THANKS!

[tibbs]

Great Report!

 

Looks like a nice day to be out even with the broken rod tip.

Edited October 12, 2008 by tibbs

[nigglesworth]

Beautiful shots for a beautiful day!

 

Anyone care to share the name of said river.... just moved from Vancouver and am looking to get out soon!

 

Thanks in advance and I will keep my fingers crossed.

[fishindevil]

Very nice scenic river mike !!!!. ..man those pics are great,well it sure was a nice day on the water,too bad bout the rod tip !!! thanks for sharing...cheers

[Leecher]

Great report and pics solo

 

With a view like this.... bet you guys didn't even notice that you had trekked 12km in this beautiful scenery

 

Thanks for sharing

Leechman

[kemper]

Same thing for me today Solo, alot of walking for two small steelies. Did manage to land a VERY pretty resident bow about 16" though.

 

Good fishin

 

kemper

[b2kptbo]

I had another that shot upstream like a missile, jumped 3 feet out of the river cartwheeling and spit my hook.

Definitely one I'll remember...

 

A good show and dance is almost as good as landing them, sometimes. It's nice this time of year but with all the walking it can be more like hunting....

[Paulus]

The only downside...near the end of the day the tip broke on my brand new custom Raven float rod.

I need a new tip and need to get it re-wrapped fast.

Checked the Raven website hoping to call them direct and expedite the process, but there's no contact number.

If anyone out there does happen to have a phone number could you pass it along to me?

I'd greatly appreciate it!

 

Have a good one boys,

 

Cheers, Mike

 

Mike, I did some searching for you and all I can tell for sure is that they’re associated with Anglers International (www.anglersinternational.com). Can’t find them in the yellow pages, either, though. This same thing happened to another friend of mine, with his IM6, and it took him a long time to get the part back. 2 months at least. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news .

 

I'll edit this post if I find anything else.

p.-

[Pigeontroller]

Great pics Mike! Been awhile since I've been there! I gotta admit, its nice to see you don't always "crush em".

[solopaddler]

its nice to see you don't always "crush em".

 

More than one person has said that LOL!

It's a game of timing. I knew going in it would be tough sledding, still a great day though.

[ehg]

Nice scenery for a walk, a few fish is a bonus.

Good stuff,

ehg