New Steelheader's First Steelhead Experience - EPIC
Decided to share this because it's just too cool not to. My little cousin, Cody, has been texting me the whole time I have been living in Lewiston saying he is going to come up. He frequently hits rivers and lakes around his house in Northern Cali, catching a number of planter and wild rainbows and browns. Although he had never caught a Steelhead, let alone seen one. We've been exchanging photos and let's just say he's been anxiously waiting for his first trip to the Trin.
So he arrived yesterday at around 11am. I decided to give him the standard Lewiston tour, showed him some spots around the house, took him for a sandwich at Twisted River cafe, then dropped by the hatchery to show him his first steelie. They weren't in the viewing window, but were stacked up at the foot of the ladder. He was amazed at their size. I kept saying, "Imagine having one of THOSE at the end of your fly rod."
Then I decided to see if the half pounder spot we have been frequenting was going off for the afternoon hatch. Sure enough, we arrive and they are busting everywhere...one thing was different though, some of those rises were bigger than the rest...
Long story short, 10 minutes...SERIOUSLY 10 minutes into wading into the hatch, HE HOOKS UP AN ADULT STEELIE ON A DRY!!! He fought it like a champ, got an aerial show, and landed the fish.
Smart kid and a great fisherman, he decides to try to send a nymph down the run. Awesome...BOOM! Another adult steelie!!! The kid caught two adults within his first hour of fishing the Trin. I kept saying, "DUDE...TREASURE THIS MOMENT FOREVER! THIS IS AMAZING AND YOU'RE VERY LUCKY."
He must have been a good boy this year because Santa came real early.
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