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[Duke]

It was a pleasure meeting Chris Gadsen for the first time while on the lower Vedder yesterday.  As his post mentions we spent some time fishing together.  While doing so, I mentioned that I have been lurking on this site for a couple of years now and was goaded into making my first posting.  Having arrived home in Steveston I found myself too tired to post last night but not too tired to be talked into hitting the flow again today by Calvin from Nikka.

So once again I found myself crawling out of bed at o' dark thirty to be on the river by first light.  Why so early...I dunno know.  Started fishing the same slot Chris and I met on yesterday.  First part of the morning was fairly slow until Steelieman was into a fish just upstream.  He was fishing a tailout along a treed bank.  Chris, with a brood tube, ran towards Steelieman with streamstones clattering beneath his wading boots but alas before Chris got up to him the fish was off.  A short time later Steelieman was into another, a hatchery which he carried away from the river... leaving his spot open. 

I was into that vacated spot like a fat kid on a Smartie and began fishing the tailout.  After 15 minutes or so I look downstream and see that Chris has a fish on.  I look back to my drift and notice my float is going under, so I lift the rod and am happy to see I have a fish on.  A few headshakes and I glance down towards Chris and see his rod straighten as his fish comes off.  My fish starts to run slowly and moments later it too comes off.  I look up at the sky and consider taking up golf again.

Five minutes later I hook another and set the hook a little more firmly.  Headshakes and a few runs followed by a leap into the air and the fish begins to swim upstream towards me but I need to land the fish downstream since the shoreline is a tangle of rocks and trees where I am.  I reel line in quickly and stamp my feet in an attempt to scare the fish further out and downstream.  The fish cooperates and moves down where she was identified as a hatchery by Chris who helps me beach my first hatchery of the season.

Spent the next hour and a half talking with Calvin, Gordie, Kenny and my friend Bainer before heading home.  On the way to the truck I ran into Peter who had a tripod with a fancy camera on it so I got in front of it and posed.  All in all a very enjoyable day for me.  When I started steelheading a few years ago Bainer and I tended to fish more upstream in an effort to get away from the crowds.  I must say that the last couple of days meeting several fishermen and running into friends has been quite nice.  The cameraderie of good people with a shared passion is sometimes just as good as having a great piece of water all to yourself.  Cheers! 

     

[chris gadsden]

Excellent post for your first entry, as well as a very nice steelhead for your first steelie of the season. The "steelieman run" was good to you. I am sure there will be more to come. See my post for the picture of one happy fisher.

Well done all around and thanks for your help tubing the last two days.

[steelieman]

Nice report.

[Rodney]

Welcome Duke.

[Fish Assassin]

Nice fish Duke. Looking forward to reading more of your adventures.

[Big Steel]

Very nice fish duke!!  Great job!!

[cohokid]

nice fish

[Rick]

congrats!

[got fish]

what a beauty, your making me jelous. darn school hopefully i will be able to get out soon too

[searun17]

Beauty Duke,and good read.

[Musicman]

Hi Duke

Great 1st report and that was a very nice fish you bagged
I met you, Bainer and Hershey ( the dog ) the other day and it was nice to meet you guy's.
Bainer picked up a nice wild fish just after you left.
I believe it was the same spot !!............. and that Chris tubed it as well
As for me, I had a fish smash my roe bag and swim away ? around Peach rd, but later connected with a nice 10-12 lb wild down from the train bridge. Just as I was bending down to pick her up for a quick photo opportunity, she kicked and flipped in the shallow water, spit the hook and said ,see ya later, no pic for you.
Oh well , there's always tomorrow
We'll see you out on the flow

Musicman
   

[THE_ROE_SLINGER]

welcome...nice fish too

[Coho Cody]

got this one yesterday . not my first steel, but first vedder steel and first hatchery.

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[meca_357]

nicefish

[TrophyHunter]

I am starting to worry that there will be no fish left in the river by the time I get my butt up there!!!
please be kind to those of us who are confined to our jobs and leave some steel in the river