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    I lucked into a pretty nice swinger today on Oregon’s north coast. About 35” and only a few miles from the reach of tide so a very nice fish. Everything you could want from a winter steelhead fishing experience. I have had my share of fishless swinging days so maybe I was due for something to come my way. This one will bring me back for sure. If I get some other trip photos I will post on the photo page when I get home. Hopefully some luck will come your way this winter as well.



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    Quote Originally Posted by John H View Post
    I lucked into a pretty nice swinger today on Oregon’s north coast. About 35” and only a few miles from the reach of tide so a very nice fish. Everything you could want from a winter steelhead fishing experience. I have had my share of fishless swinging days so maybe I was due for something to come my way. This one will bring me back for sure. If I get some other trip photos I will post on the photo page when I get home. Hopefully some luck will come your way this winter as well.



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    Beautiful fish!
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    If anyone deserves that fish it it John......I double clicked on the picture and it went full screen.



    I get very emotional looking at that amazing creature....so wild, so fresh from the salt.


    I use to chase winter Steelhead but now I am mostly a Fall kind of Steelheader.

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    That’s a nice piece of Metal! Thanks for sharing.

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    Beautiful fish!!! Bright as a brand new dime!

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    Nice fish John.

    Beautiful, just friggin' beautiful.

    I'd trade 100 "larger than rats" from Pyramid for just one of those.

    An "on the scene report" too !!!

    Get some more for us to ogle over !!!


    Once again.........................


    Envious Bob

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    Beautiful fish John. You certainly cover alot of ground. And here I am sitting on my ass at home. Hope you get some more..

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    Solid steel!!! Congrats on that beauty!

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    sweet success. Nice fish there! Waiting my turn. Hopefully after this storm window we've got rolling through this week.

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    Thanks for all the comments. I had one on today and the line to the trailing hook broke so the fish was lost . It jumped in front of me so I had a good look. Losing fish you never see is hard to take so it is nice to see them. If that trailing hook had broken off yesterday it would have been very disappointing. Years of therapy would have been required to recover from that trauma. Seriously. I am haunted by the good steelhead I have lost. I lost one about four years ago right where I lost the one today. That spot holds some good and bad memories for me but it does hold fish so I will be back.
    Last edited by John H; 01-27-2021 at 10:54 PM.

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