Hi folks. Some absolutely beautiful fish here! Well, all of them are in their own way of course
I haven't contributed to the forum very much since actually moving to Oregon despite making a bit of a fuss about it before I arrived, but that's more been because of a lack of opportunity to fish, despite being so close to the Sandy. However, finally qualified as a resident and got my full license instead of shelling out for day tickets, so first chance I got since acquiring it (last Saturday) I headed to the Sandy at Oxbow in what are generally regarded as totally unsuitable (i.e. bright, sunny with crystal-clear water) conditions.
I didn't set up the fly rod and instead settled on a bit of spinning. Finally switching to a black spinner with a torpedo body and a marabou tail and I felt the thump! An odd double thump though almost as if the fish had had two goes at the bait before being hooked. Sadly I discovered on getting it nearer that it had been foul-hooked in the pectoral. Amazingly, when I got it in (as quickly as I could) I saw it was barely hooked at all and that it was a wildie. Not a big one (5lb maybe? I wanted to get it back fast) but still my first and that's spurring me on
By the looks of it, it must've been in the system for quite some time. Sorry about the small size. I was having issues with image uploading.