Spey Fishing on the Rogue River
Last week I fished the Rogue River with Gary Anderson and Steve (sorry, but can't recall the last name), with my new ACR Spey rod. Most of the day was spey training and catching a bunch of little steelhead, but then all of the sudden something hit my line hard while I was swinging and I got it as close as about 15 feet to see that this thing was a giant steelhead. Gary estimated at least 10 lbs. Well, unfortunately I wasn't able to land it because it got loose. I'll chalk that one up to lessons learned.
I continued to fish, and the very next cast, I must have got this fish's partner, which Gary and Steve saw, but I didn't see at all, and this one was even bigger. Very frustrating that I couldn't get these landed, but quite exciting that I even hooked them, especially having only fished with a spey rod for an hour or so before.
After this, I can call myself a convert to a spey rod. They were so easy to use for me compared to a traditional rod, and after hooking these two monsters, that sealed the deal.
