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Hey, I just wanted to thank everyone for their support and kind, generous words in response to my post. My daughter was over the other night and I showed her the post with her picture and more importantly, helped her read all the responses it got......she was proud all over again. Thanks folks...

So I took my 7 year old little girl up to Willow Bar on Sunday for the Columbia steelhead opener. I didn't bring her "Barbie" pole she normally uses for trout; she was using my drift rig baitcaster. So, we rigged up with a tiny spin-n-glo and coon stripe shrimp and I plunked it out for her...

got a nice hen got a nice hen That's a beaut Anyfish! Congrats!

First steel EVER First steel EVER Hey Fishnquest, thanks! They do float and you want 'em to. You didn't say how you're fishin', if plunking, use enough weight to hold your rig in one spot and when your rig goes stationary, that spin n glo will float up and swing around downstream of...

silvers in the creek silvers in the creek Didn't hook one, but saw one yesterday. Big white patch on head and another on tail. Couldn't believe I was seeing it, but I saw it......swam downstream past my jig, turned around came back up through pool and lay in front of me for 4 or 5 minutes...

Got my first steelhead plunking spin n glo's today. Sorry, no pic, was a nate and I'm all about keepin' 'em in the water and just settin' 'em free asap....'bout 5 lbs. Took my friend there two days ago, set her up, she hooked a fish, I talked her through fightin' it.....pulled in a 9 or 10 lb...

Irishrover, Perhaps county tax assessor (sp?) records will tell you who actually owns it or if it's public land? Just an idea....

No worries Alm21, was thinking about heading back up Thursday or Friday myself, hopin' conditions are right. Good luck to you!

If anyone's thinking about heading to the Sandy, I was up there at midday. Take some cookies with you to Dodge Park to have with the chocolate milk you'll find there. Pulled in at CC, which I normally avoid (but I'm desperate to sink a hook into a fishes mouth, so I gave in), and didn't even...