young_one Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 (edited) What a great day it was for fishing, lots fish caught, saw a few old friends and met some new. * I went 6 steelheads landed out of 7, lesson learnt for fishing with fragile leader and wood area * All fish were caught with jigs and pink worm, continuing my "No Roe" approach for Steelheads * All fish were released unharmed except for one bonus brown trout * Picked up a fly rod and started to mess around with it, it feels like learning to fish all over again! * 1st Brown Trout caught * 1st fish caught on a fly rod (fingerling trout) Woke up an hour late, due to alarm failure, GOLDEN HOUR Nice pool with lots fish, scouting before opener is the key to success! FISH ON! Around noon, decided to mess around with the fly rod my buddy Mike lent me, he is also a great photographer. All I need to do now is to convert him into an OFNer! At the end of the day, back to float rod Bonus brown trout to finish the day! Never tasted a brown before, so I end up keeping the fish UPDATE: The brown trout had one of its lower fin clipped, I assume its a stocked fish? Inside the stomach there were two 3" shiners! Hungry little fish still took my jig fly! It'll be a great fishing season ahead, wish you all the best and plenty of catch Edited April 25, 2010 by young_one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 Nice fishes. My photographer was too busy fishin' to take a picture of my fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassman87 Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 nice lookin brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashhopper Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 excellent report.. . keep em coming.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnimon Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 Nice one, good goin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 here's another one of young_one showing me what a rainbow looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_one Posted April 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 here's another one of young_oneshowing me what a rainbow looks like. How you do with your son yesterday Skeeter? Did you find the "CAT/tree" pool? Sorry I couldn't meet up with you, I was too busy untangling fly lines and trying to get into fly fishing. Your best chance for steelhead is within the next few days! All the pools I showed you should at least get you a fish or two, try the orange worm you bought when its overcast or dawn, I've had good success with the bright orange under those conditions. Fish under a float (preferably a less noticeable float ) leader should be around 2 feet from hook to float. If you need any other information, give me a call, I'll direct you to a few other pools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishhunter Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 great job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 as per usual young-one we had a perfect record 0 for 0 no hits and no fish. but i was with my son , so it was a great day!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 That was a nice resident brown you hooked into... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinnerdoc Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 wow sweet fish....i spent the opener working and did a quick fish close to my place but nothing but a sucker. again beauty fishes...i esp like the brown trout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 Great report Will I'm pretty interested in knowing how the brownie tastes...I was so tempted to keep one I got this weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBW Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 nice report and pic's Will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 Very Very nice! Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock34 Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 Awesome pics dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 Great report Young_one. Did you give this baby a chance to swim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishing 24/7 Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 holy brown trout of glory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 Nice fish, congrat's on a good outing! (Bill that's not a resident brown) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_one Posted April 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Great report Will I'm pretty interested in knowing how the brownie tastes...I was so tempted to keep one I got this weekend... The brown trout tasted awesome! I am usually a very picky fresh water fish eater, this brown trout had absolutely zero sand taste like the steelhead and the meat was nice and fat! It reminds me of those expensive Salmon steaks sold in supermarket, but BETTER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_one Posted April 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Great report Young_one. Did you give this baby a chance to swim? For the week leading up to the opener, I tried all my stonefly imitations without success. On the opening day, I was too busy fishing with my signature jig fly, I ignored other stuff. Plus I don't think it was the right hatch, I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Excellent report and pics young_one Love the colors on the brown shot Most beautiful fish hands down Congrats on a great day and thanks for sharing!!! Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Nice fish, congrat's on a good outing! (Bill that's not a resident brown) I am glad I was wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitespinnerbait Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Awesome report right there... That Brown Trout is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohararules Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 (edited) This is a great post. I ran into you guys, I was out for a walk with my daughter that afternoon. It's nice to see the pictures of the fish you were talking about. Thanks for posting. Edited April 29, 2010 by ohararules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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