Single Handed fly fishing for Steelhead....

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

https://vimeo.com/167594487

This is some of the best fish porn I have seen in a while.

[Idadon]

WELL ALRIGHT! I'm In, Lets Go!

[NCL]

Got my blood to pumping

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Watch this first fish.....it is a wild chrome fall run Steelhead that goes ballistic.



*I think that on average, Atlantic Salmon jump a little more than Steelhead, kind of gracefully too.

I think wild fresh run Steelhead are a little more violent.



Any ideas.....?

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[Idadon]

Atlantic Salmon are a kick but my heart belongs to those Steelies just out of the salt. But, big Stripers in the surf out on Cape Cod at night are a real Hoot too.

[norcal tom]

Chrome within hearing distance of the surf/tide water gets my vote but fresh fall fish are a hoot .

[JasonB]

That was fun! Great video, and I totally agree about how wild and special steelhead fresh out of the salt are. Then again of course that acrobatic fish in the video had already cruised quite a few miles from the sea and jumped one pretty decent falls too...
Amazing fish!
JB

[Idadon]

I've caught Steelies above Challis, Idaho. Thats somewhere in the neighborhood of 800 river miles. They've been in the river for months and by April survived very cold water and ice dams. They are colored up some, not bad, and still put up a great fight. An amazing fish to be sure!