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Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:29 pm
by ousdahl
better!
Well, sorta.
She was a female fish, or a “hen” in steelheader slang. Specifically, a “batshit crazy hen,” as the guide put it, after she took off with my reel screaming and made us chase her a quarter mile downriver.
Steelheading is so tough though. They’re known as the “fish of 10000 casts,” especially on a fly rod (and on a fly I personally tied nbd).
The guide said it was the first fish he’s had a client land so far this season out of 5 trips so far (still the front end of winter steelhead season, but still, 5 trips?!).
My fishing buddy’s who lives in Seattle has still never landed one, he’s kinda butthurt lol sorry not sorry. FWIW I put in several fruitless days with when I lived in Oregon. This is my redemption trip....ta da!
Also we need to break down why the guide actually kinda sucked, but I might take that to the professionalism thread.
In the meantime, I’m starving. Celebratory pizza and beers!
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 5:58 am
by Deleted User 89
no pic?
smh
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 6:40 am
by NewtonHawk11
Pic or it didn’t happen
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 7:32 am
by jhawks99
ousdahl wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:29 pm
better!
Well, sorta.
She
was a female fish, or a “hen” in steelheader slang. Specifically, a “batshit crazy hen,” as the guide put it, after she took off with my reel screaming and made us chase her a quarter mile downriver.
Steelheading is so tough though. They’re known as the “fish of 10000 casts,” especially on a fly rod (and on a fly I personally tied nbd).
The guide said it was the first fish he’s had a client land so far this season out of 5 trips so far (still the front end of winter steelhead season, but still, 5 trips?!).
My fishing buddy’s who lives in Seattle has still never landed one, he’s kinda butthurt lol sorry not sorry. FWIW I put in several fruitless days with when I lived in Oregon. This is my redemption trip....ta da!
Also we need to break down why the guide actually kinda sucked, but I might take that to the professionalism thread.
In the meantime, I’m starving. Celebratory pizza and beers!
You caught a steelhead and you're eating pizza? Get some alder and smoke that sucker.
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 7:58 am
by Deleted User 89
ousie's monster steelhead...
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:54 am
by ousdahl
Um excuse me?!
I caught a wild steelhead you guys!
You know, that same wild steelhead whose numbers have been steadily declining for decades, that in the state of Washington you can’t keep and aren’t even supposed to remove from the water for so much as a trophy photo.
If it was a hatchery fish (you can tell cuz the adipose fin is removed), I would have totally kept it. You’re encouraged to keep it, even by hardcore conservationists and anglers.
Hatchery fish don’t get as big, don’t fight as strong, are much more prone to disease, some other stuff I can’t even think of right now, and generally muck up the gene pool of an otherwise badass wild fish population. Most everyone wants to get them the eff out of the rivers...except for maybe like if you’re the kind of looser who fishes with bait.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna have a slice of leftover pizza for breakfast, and try to catch another wild steelhead today.
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 3:06 pm
by Deleted User 89
excuses, excuses...
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:00 pm
by ousdahl
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:04 pm
by Deleted User 89
in all seriousness, that must’ve been pretty exhilarating...particularly on your own fly
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:22 pm
by TDub
Natives are a fun fight. Hatcherys are still pretty fiesty sometimes. Never caught one on a fly though.
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 12:58 pm
by ousdahl
The fedex package got me thinking about my trip again. So many things I wanna discuss!
like how the pnw is the coolest, right? I might legit have to move back.
Also, I don’t mean to pimp the Hoh rainforest, but if you haven’t been, you should put it on your bucket list ASAP.
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:07 pm
by MICHHAWK
I spent the last week in Arizona. Flew in to Phoenix. We stayed in Sedona. Went to Flagstaff. The Grand Canyon. First time in Arizona. It is a magical land. So beautiful.
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:33 pm
by jfish26
Like anywhere else I guess, Arizona has some absolutely amazing things, and some real awful things. I am far from a environmental nut (and am an avid, if bad, golfer), but flying into PHX in the dead of summer and seeing the sprawl dotted with emerald green golf courses makes me uncomfortable.
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:45 pm
by ousdahl
you smashed that post straight down the fairway bro.
crazy to think those golf courses are green cuz of water from the little mountain stream flowing past my house.
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:59 pm
by CrimsonNBlue
Not that you can lump Phoenicians together, which kind of feeds into this, but kind of an odd bunch.
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:09 pm
by pdub
I love the PNW.
Beautiful, green.
Just a lot of misty rain - and Seattle's traffic is a bitch.
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:32 pm
by jfish26
CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:59 pm
Not that you can lump Phoenicians together, which kind of feeds into this, but kind of an odd bunch.
Yes. The people that are actually
from there wish they were really from LA, and of course there's also giant swaths of people who live there who are not
from there. It's a weird, impermanent and transient place, and not in the energetic and fun way of NYC or San Francisco.
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:30 pm
by TDub
pdub wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:09 pm
I love the PNW.
Beautiful, green.
Just a lot of misty rain - and Seattle's traffic is a bitch.
Seattle, tacoma, everett, portland and eugene are awful places. Most of the rest of the pnw is terrific
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 6:06 am
by Deleted User 89
ever been to Ashland?
Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:17 pm
by jfish26
Anyone have good Hawaii advice?
Specifically, Mrs. Fish and I are locked into arriving in Honolulu on a Friday night and leaving on a Wednesday. Can't change either of those things. No set plans otherwise.