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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Xgolfman on March 04, 2007, 07:28:43 PM
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Well, Me and Rick were minus our pal Merc today...So, we felt lucky.. ;D Rick FINALLY had his new rod with him...a beautiful 3106L and as usual, He said..."Well, new rod, gonna catch a fish"..Which so far has been damn near true....We hit a spot we haven't tried much this year and sure enough...Second cast..."Fish On"...I was dumbfounded how this always happens with Rick...Fish was a silver bar jumping and splashing around the river...Rick got her in nicely and let me tail her, take pic's and release her...NICE wild Doe...
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I am super pumped seeing a fish finally so we fish this run pretty hard...unfortunately no more for us there.... Saw a couple guys get some hatchery's way down the run and I took one guys pic with his...and they were done after a half hour fishing...
Rick says. "OK, enough Mr. Fence post, lets go"....So we head off to other stamping grounds...As I picked the first spot, Rick gets to choose the second...So we head up river...We stop at where we originally planned to fish but it is crowded and an old guy wandering out says, "Lots of guys, No fish"...So we head back down...We stop at some pocket water and are debating on what to do...Finally we decide, to hell with it, were here, lets fish...We do our new fish chant and off we go....I'm having my usual luck in pocket water and donate all my spinners and a pink worm to the mess.....I'm getting a bit frustrated...I'm not that good in pocket water...but we move our way down and I find some nice water that a beek like me can fish...Rick is again the first one into a fish but it pops off .... Rick says "See there are fish in this river" and my spirits start to rise....I find a nice fishy looking piece of water and make a cast that even I was in awe of....float goes about 5 feet and WHAM..down it goes...I set the hook and this freaking pig just starts to go nuts on me...
There is a major snag and my line goes right into it...I thought, Well, there he goes...But the fish gods were smiling on me for a change and he decides to clear the water for about two feet and takes the line off the snag with his jump....I'm sitting there thinking "Man, This is freaking cool"...Rick comes down and does his best guide job on me and calms me down and gets me focusing on the fight....OK, Now I've watched Rick bring his fish in , in like 2 minutes flat, so I'm expecting pig boy to do the same....NOPE...This fish has other plans for me...He takes off down river on multiple jumps and rips all over the river....This was a half a cigar fish, He took me about a half mile down stream and over 20 minutes to land...Every time I think he's tired and ready to come in....He just sulks behind a boulder for a few seconds and then off on another hand burn and another 100 feet of line goes out....Man, this fish kicked my butt...I had to shake my arm a couple times to get the blood back in it....Rick, thank God, is no rookie and talked me down river and we finally brought him in....A beautiful wild buck...Man, I was so pumped...FINALLY!!! a real steelhead..and I didn't bust him off, like the last one...
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We fish a little more and I'm just beaming like a little kid, Rick is high fiving me and we are finally on a day when we are all into fish....
We head down river and run into Winston, we is nice enough to take the old guys on a tour of some nice spots....We had a couple bumps and I thought maybe this would be a multple fish day..but nothing else wanted to test our gear...
All in all, another great day, great cigars, many smiles...only thing missing was T.O. and getting him into some pigs as well...
Ricks bar again..
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Lastly, RIck says that this is a tradition...I don't know if its true or not...but I'm not argueing..this was done in a second so don't freak on me....This buck by the way, when I went to release him...I was worried that it took me so long to land, would be tired out...I put him in the water and he promptly sprayed water all over my face and took off like a bat out of hell...Man these fish ARE impressive...
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Congrats guys, beautiful fish. Sounds like an excellent day. Way to go
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Am I reading this right Xgolfman, you actually caught a fish ? ;D Nice pair of steelies.
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What a great day that was !!! seeing XG finally get into a nice slab after all the hours and hours and $$$$ ;D was awesome !!!!
I have never in my life seen a fish fight so hard, it was like a big Spring at times sulking in the deeper water , resting for a second and then hauling A$$ back downstream :o XG handles it like a pro and was rewarded for his efforts ,
The water conditions were beautiful today, great level great colour.. we managed to stay away from the crowds for the most part, and ended the day fishing for a couple of hours with Winston, my new rod was a long time coming but man is it amazing !! it was nice to get to try it out on a fish right away !!
can't wait till next Sunday ;D ;D ;D
again congrats XG !! I bet you won't be wiping that smile off you're face for a while !! make sure you're wife see's it so she know's that you actually do catch fish sometimes ;D
TH
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XG,
Nice fish ! What a great time you must have had. Very inspiring.
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Nice Fish, Poor fish in that last pic
LOL ;D ;D
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Good job guys! Too bad I wasn't there to witness the excitement! ABA! Your're finally into a fish! Dang! Were you fishing actual pocket water, Pool Boy Paul? Or did ol' RickPocket take you into some of your kind of water? Glad to hear you hit one today. Only thing that worries me about seeing you kiss the fish...catching steelies next year that's got your face on it! ;D ;D
BTW, me minus you three and you two feel lucky? And it sounds like you got some too judging by the smiles on your faces! And, you got into fish to boot!!!! :o ;D ;D ;D
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Nice Job guys. Congrats on your first Vedder Steel X!! ;) We didn't see much today, just a couple. One wild Buck on the end of my line, and another one hooked by a pretty cute chick on the other side of the river!! ;D
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Nice fishing guys. Xgolfman, after reading about all your trips, it is good to read of your success.
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Congrat to you both,nice pictures. Hey Xgolfman,what is the difference when you fight this steelie with your pin instead of the fly reel??
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Nice Fish, Poor fish in that last pic
No tongue was used... ::)
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Excellent read, Xgolfman! Congrats on getting a REAL steelhead!
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Congrat to you both,nice pictures. Hey Xgolfman,what is the difference when you fight this steelie with your pin instead of the fly reel??
It was sooo similar... I got a Dave Vedder lamiglass pin rod, 8-12lb line weight...That rod is remarkable..Light and strong...I was palming like a mother...Rick had to keep telling me..."Let it have more line, let it take the line"...I had that rod sideways so many times trying to tire him out...I think i've become a pin ho...and I'm DAMN proud of that too... ;D
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Nice fish! great report!! SWEET
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only 2 ? that on fire?
that a half destinate day ;D
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only 2 ? that on fire?
that a half destinate day ;D
it is spelled " decent " that is what spell check is for !!
and why do you bother ruining a report with you're stupid replies??
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Those guys are just kids. We were all smart mouthed kids at one time. My 10 year old is already talking back, and thinks he knows everything...
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Nice fish guys, congrats on your success... :D it was good meeting you guys up there and fishing with you guys for a while.. it has been to long. I was really hoping that i would be able to get into a fish and not be the only one to get nothing......oh well ;D ;D Next time I fish with you guys I am going to fish the "TAIL OUT" first thing ;)
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I am going to fish the "TAIL OUT" first thing ;)
Hey! That's my slogan! ;D
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I am going to fish the "TAIL OUT" first thing ;)
Hey! That's my slogan! ;D
lol we told him that if he wanted to fish with us he had to mimic you ;D
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GOOD JOB LADIES ! :D
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Nice Sig Freak.... that called Paranoia ::) ;D ;D
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Yay.....glad to see you finally did it and on a pin XGM! Hey Rick glad to see you finally got your rod, I'm curious to know how it turned out cause I'm thinking of getting my rod built there? Hey...are you wearing Blackwaters, did Dave and I sell you on those? Nice fish big guy!
Yep I finally got the rod, picked it up on Saturday morning, I have to say he did an amazing job !! it took a while to get it done but it was definately worth it !!!! Yeah I already liked the Blackwaters but after I tried them on and talked to you about it I was sold, Reaction gave me an unbeatable price on them so I bought them out there !! and Thx I had alot of fun bringing in that doe on my new rod ;D ;D ;D ;D
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IM HEADING OUT TOMMOROW AND WEDNESDAY, IM PUMPED ! IF U C A BLUE 4 RUNNER WITH A CALGARY FLAMES BUMPER STICKER PARKED ON THE SIDE ON THE ROAD, DON'T FISH THERE, IM PROBABLY JUST WASTING MY TIME ;)
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IM HEADING OUT TOMMOROW AND WEDNESDAY, IM PUMPED ! IF U C A BLUE 4 RUNNER WITH A CALGARY FLAMES BUMPER STICKER PARKED ON THE SIDE ON THE ROAD, DON'T FISH THERE, IM PROBABLY JUST WASTING MY TIME ;)
WHY WOULD YOU RUIN A PERFECTLY GOOD TRUCK WITH A STICKER LIKE THAT??? ::) POOR TRUCK
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^ I WAS WAITING 4U TO RESPOND !
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AWSOME REPORT!!! thanks for the pics! Beautiful fish..Very jealous
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hey sorry guy's for the late report ....hit the vedder up late morning around 10 ish was feeling kinna lucky as i told my buddies that were with me i am gonna bring the camera up that day which i usally never bring one up ,it was one of those dissposible one's no point in ruining my exp digital...since i just lost the last one i bought 3 months ago...anyways hit upper river were was to busy maybe like 15 guys fishing 1 run sceen to fish pulled outta there decided to move to another run and around 1 is or so all heck broke loose...found some sweet water with not a sole insight just me and my two buds...started casting away 10 mins later float goes down fish on....did some nice jumps and landed a 16 lbs wild doe...3 cast later i was into another one was probally around 7 lbs another doe...my buddy that was fishing right beside me helped me land both of them at this point he doesnt no whats going on...why aint i catching em, he goes...few more cast later bame fish on lost him really fast cast again in the same slot fish on must of been the same one beauty 15lbs buck....about 25 mins later i was into another one which i landed another wild one...i couldnt believe that all 4 were wild....by the end of the day i was into 9 steelhead and landed 4 a day i wont forget on the vedder....have pics but dont no how to post em maybe i could email them to rod....go out and get em boys ...
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SWEET, I'LL B OUT 2 MORROW AND WEDNESDAY !
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sorry some of the pics didnt turn out good...
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RIGHT ON MANG, SOUNDS LIKE A WICKED DAY OUT ! IM JEALOUS ! BUT WILL BE HITTING THE RIVER HARD FOR THE NEXT 2 DAYS !
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Awsome pics!!!
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SLING..........U SHOULD OF SEEN ALL THE GUYS FISHING UR SPOT TODAY ! 4 GUYS THERE AT ALL TIME, ALL DAY LONG :(
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lol u trying to say u no were that is???
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Heck the second pic tells me where that is!! I have leaned my rod on that log many times!! ;D ;D
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Yup thats a very popular spot and not a secret thats for sure. Their are usually atleast 3 or 4 cars parked there everytime I have driven by it.
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Ahhh.......the Caterpillar........That is probably the most consistant piece of "fly water" on the upper river. I've done well there this year.
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lol u trying to say u no were that is???
^ THE 2ND FROM LAST PIC IS A DEAD GIVE AWAY , LOOK AT THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER ;)
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AYup the last two pics are a dead give away lol
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That was where I got my first ever steelhead many moons ago. But fish are not in one spot forever. ;D Better chase them up river. Awesome fish, congrats on a fabulous day.