Mike Carey
12/31/2009 6:47:00 PMLet me be the first to congradulate you! Persistance pays off in steelheading, you have to pay your dues. Nice fish, great memory, hooked for life!
flinginpooh
12/31/2009 6:55:00 PMTy. I forgot to mention the set up I was using is on my hat. Peach glowball, plain glowball, and flo orange yarn with shrimp smelly jelly and I even put some of mikes anise oil on it. I was trying everything. I almost tossed my son out on my leader to see if hed work.
BMGW
12/31/2009 6:56:00 PMRight on as I now turn my attention to steelheading also your catch and story is what it's all about. I used to figure 20 hrs per punch, but that was back in the good ole days, probably more than that now. Good on you!
kinghunter
12/31/2009 7:57:00 PMCongrats Pooh, nice looking steely. You definitely put your time in for that one. Very jealous yes. I guess there is always next year for me.
The Quadfather
12/31/2009 8:29:00 PMPoohSlinga, You're a deserving guy for that fish! You have put a heck of a lot of river reports in this fall. CONGRATS!!!
goin_postal
12/31/2009 8:42:00 PMvery nice summer run,i have put many hours and day out there and caught one summer run couple lbs smaller than that one but im still waitting for my winter run stee-lee
jens
12/31/2009 9:26:00 PMYou accomplished what you wanted to do by the end of the year, well done bro!! You would have looked much better wearing a Patriots jacket btw.
flinginpooh
12/31/2009 9:37:00 PMTy very much everyone. I kinda figured out in my head how many hours it took me to get this stealhead this month. Its somewhere in the area of 45 hours this month alone hunting down the elusive ones. Alot of my wife wondering if Im really fishing or what. Shes not use to me comming home empty handed more then once or twice in a row. But when its 10 times in a row and nothing shes asking ?s. Jens I wanted to sport my local highschool team.
Big Smooth
12/31/2009 10:39:00 PMThat rocks! Nice fish man. We will have to hit Blue Creek here soon.
code3daddy
1/1/2010 4:30:00 AMVery Jealous. I have had to resort to trout fishing at Blackmans Lake to build my confidence again. Great job. I've got about 16hrs in and I hope I don't have to wait til the 45 hr mark to get mine. Nice haul!
goodtimesfishing
1/1/2010 10:09:00 AMcongrats, you earned it, you have to put in the time. Time for me to get busy I don't have one yet :(
donman
1/1/2010 10:35:00 AMAwesome! That is one nice fish you got there. Congrats and what a way to start off the year with a clear conscience that you got one before the last year ended. Way to go, Bravo!
