First post, lurking for a year (plus steelhead pics)
Hey yawl,
Figured introduction was overdue... reached the ripe age of 50 recently and have been getting back into fly fishing over the past year.
Last December I had a religious experience with steelhead on the west side of Vancouver Island (near Port Renfrew)... after a hellacious fall-on-my-face hike into the bowels of a pristine canyon I caught six SH between 25 and 35 inches. One of the best days of my life, you shoulda been there, etc... way to bust my steelhead cherry! I was using my 8wt sink tip with streamers, and also tried my Canadian (eh!) buddy's centerpin rod with a sacrilegious pink worm. That centerpin gear is deadly to the point of cheating (but it's not a fly rod).
25 inches!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/G0...aZS1Oc=s824-no
About 33 inches!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Zu...I=w800-h600-no
Do you see the fish?
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zf...=w1098-h824-no
Cheers!
John
Lotus, CA