M
Mad dog
Not much left in the tank!!! I think I've used up all my energy reserves! 
Went fishing last weds. morning, had to fish crystal clear water for shiney fish a least one more time this summer! I got there before daylight, it's always comforting when I walk the trail in the dark and arrive on the bluff overlooking the river and can hear the rapid below somewhere in the darkness....always gives me a good feeling!
The 1st hour of fishing was slow!!! Didn't see a single steelhead jump, no bites, nothing!!! Finally I made the perfect cast and got my gear tight to a ledge and felt a good take! The fish wound up being a 29" hatchery buck, this fish fought as well as any I have hooked this summer jumping multiple times and making 2 blistering runs that took me to within 5' of the bank on the far side of the river! Quality fight!!! I punched that fish and resumed fishing. I moved down to a choppy slot and on the 1st cast hooked a darker looking buck that shook of when it came to the surface. I moved back up to the top of the hole with no success so I moved back down to the choppy slot and within a few casts hooked another good sized steelhead. This one turned out to be another hatchery buck, it was 7:45, I had just caught a crawdad and wanted to use the tail for bait but mostly I didn't want to quit fishing that early!
Never touched a fish the rest of the morning!!! Hit a couple of holes, saw some steelhead in one hole but no takers, seemed overall to be less fish than a few weeks back, I'm sure the run is winding down after a september spurt of fish. I'll probably hit it once or twice in October but there is too much salmon and hunting going on then for serious steelheading! Oh, well!!! Been a good summer, probably hooked 50 since the 4th of July!
The fish I kept. My eyes are fried in this pic!!! This was my 1st day off after working 8 days in a row! I realized that I had fished 5 of those days before work and that this morning was my 6th day of fishing in the last 9 days! My eyes were red and burning all day and I felt like I had been arc welding without a helmet!
Turned this hatchery loose! A nice looking fish about 28".
Went fishing last weds. morning, had to fish crystal clear water for shiney fish a least one more time this summer! I got there before daylight, it's always comforting when I walk the trail in the dark and arrive on the bluff overlooking the river and can hear the rapid below somewhere in the darkness....always gives me a good feeling!
The 1st hour of fishing was slow!!! Didn't see a single steelhead jump, no bites, nothing!!! Finally I made the perfect cast and got my gear tight to a ledge and felt a good take! The fish wound up being a 29" hatchery buck, this fish fought as well as any I have hooked this summer jumping multiple times and making 2 blistering runs that took me to within 5' of the bank on the far side of the river! Quality fight!!! I punched that fish and resumed fishing. I moved down to a choppy slot and on the 1st cast hooked a darker looking buck that shook of when it came to the surface. I moved back up to the top of the hole with no success so I moved back down to the choppy slot and within a few casts hooked another good sized steelhead. This one turned out to be another hatchery buck, it was 7:45, I had just caught a crawdad and wanted to use the tail for bait but mostly I didn't want to quit fishing that early!
Never touched a fish the rest of the morning!!! Hit a couple of holes, saw some steelhead in one hole but no takers, seemed overall to be less fish than a few weeks back, I'm sure the run is winding down after a september spurt of fish. I'll probably hit it once or twice in October but there is too much salmon and hunting going on then for serious steelheading! Oh, well!!! Been a good summer, probably hooked 50 since the 4th of July!
The fish I kept. My eyes are fried in this pic!!! This was my 1st day off after working 8 days in a row! I realized that I had fished 5 of those days before work and that this morning was my 6th day of fishing in the last 9 days! My eyes were red and burning all day and I felt like I had been arc welding without a helmet!
Turned this hatchery loose! A nice looking fish about 28".
