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JeannaJigs
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Skipped out on work to fish some new (to me) water with that one Mike guy, aka Autofisher. He had my cooler hostage and I had to get it back, so, why not hit new water with someone that's familiar with the area? Right off the bat, probably the 2nd cast after I tied on a different jig, I had a niccccccccce fish on...she broke my heart and my leader when she found a rock to wrap herself around, and it was goodbye chrome beauty. I died a little bit inside. Mike hooked up with a colored up winter fish shortly thereafter drifting something or another. Didn't see anymore fish for a while so we checked out some other holes and had no luck. Somewhere during that time I discovered that if you use sunscreen that's not safe for children (some people that have kids, don't have the tear free stuff....) and eat peppered jerky, that you better not rub your eye if something flies into it...because it will burn, for a very long time, like, almost all day..and there's no elegant way to rinse out your eyeballs. Anyway, eyes burning, and desperation kicking in, coming up on the evening, we returned to the first hole, and it was fish on! Damn thing tried to pull the same gig with the rock, but oh ho, not this time Mrs. steelhead, NOT THIS TIME. Got her in with the assistance of Mike's mad tailing skills and reached for a rock as quickly as possible. The eggs were smaller than that of a trout. 28" 6 pounds, not a beast, but a beautimus chrome fish, after a bunch of natives, and losing a bunch of fish...it felt super good to put some ink on the tag.
I'm sure i'm leaving stuff out, but I'm sure Mr. Mike will chime in if I have....
I'm sure i'm leaving stuff out, but I'm sure Mr. Mike will chime in if I have....
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