Went over to the Nestucca last night, camped at Beaver, and went fishing today. The old man has never fished for steelhead or salmon in his entire life..
We rented a 'cabin' at the campground (extra $10) instead of pitching a tent.. it was a sheltered, heated, 2 bed, 15' x 15' room.. with a covered porch and a fire pit! Perfect! We cooked some steak and drank beer around the fire until midnight.
Started the morning with him buying his first oregon fishing permit at 7:30am.. We got to the hole and started fishing at 8am.. I set him up drifting some of KODIAK's awesome coon shrimp! 10am he calls me over and tells me he thinks he snagged the bottom and wanted me to check.. I give a tug and got a solid headshake, I handed him the rod back and say 'sorry but you hooked a fish and need to reel it in'.. he got this smile on his face and grabbed the rod and started doing work.. after about 6-7 minutes of what seemed like pulling on a suction cup on the bottom of the river he is ready to bank the fish. It was a bright crome 30", 10lb native hen with a weird blue tag in its big fin on its back.. we landed it carefully, unhooked it and I tried to snap a photo from my phone but couldn't get it setup in time and we decided to set the hen loose.. she darted back into the dark green river healthy and strong..
It took him a whole 2 hours of trying to get his first steelhead before he reached his goal! He must of had a good teacher is what I am thinking!?!?!?
I finished the day with a hog built 12" trout on my last cast (I even called last cast) just so I wouldn't leave without landing something.. the trout returned to rivers green as well..
An awesome weekend with the old man!
We rented a 'cabin' at the campground (extra $10) instead of pitching a tent.. it was a sheltered, heated, 2 bed, 15' x 15' room.. with a covered porch and a fire pit! Perfect! We cooked some steak and drank beer around the fire until midnight.
Started the morning with him buying his first oregon fishing permit at 7:30am.. We got to the hole and started fishing at 8am.. I set him up drifting some of KODIAK's awesome coon shrimp! 10am he calls me over and tells me he thinks he snagged the bottom and wanted me to check.. I give a tug and got a solid headshake, I handed him the rod back and say 'sorry but you hooked a fish and need to reel it in'.. he got this smile on his face and grabbed the rod and started doing work.. after about 6-7 minutes of what seemed like pulling on a suction cup on the bottom of the river he is ready to bank the fish. It was a bright crome 30", 10lb native hen with a weird blue tag in its big fin on its back.. we landed it carefully, unhooked it and I tried to snap a photo from my phone but couldn't get it setup in time and we decided to set the hen loose.. she darted back into the dark green river healthy and strong..
It took him a whole 2 hours of trying to get his first steelhead before he reached his goal! He must of had a good teacher is what I am thinking!?!?!?
I finished the day with a hog built 12" trout on my last cast (I even called last cast) just so I wouldn't leave without landing something.. the trout returned to rivers green as well..
An awesome weekend with the old man!
Hope we can have the same luck!
