After Bdawg's old fish post I thought I'd post this.
Judging by the lack of grey hair, I'd say it's close to 20 years ago.
I remember catching him a ford on the Rocky and it was cool 'cause there was
a bunch of guys not catching anything. I walked up and nailed him on 2nd or 3rd cast.
I was throwing a Rebel Craw because I figured I better throw something they hadn't seen
that day yet.
yup, I loved the beauty of those London strain fish, that's when I was guiding on them, where a 3-4 fish day was epic...never seeing anyone for a full 10 hrs from car back to car. man those were the days...folks sure are spoiled now...LOL
Now you have to try and stake a claim to try and get a place to fish. Then daylight comes and a crowd of ding dongs elbow thier way in. Gave up fishing for them years ago. Would take the London strain days back in a second.
3-4 fish days. I'd return to that any day. Now guys actually buy counters to keep track. (????) What's next. Scoreboards at each hole? I can see it now...Vegas starts giving over and unders on steelhead landed. I'll stick to the unstocked, needle in a haystack type places and every now and then when I get my 3+ epic day I'll be dreaming of those London's. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! Thanks for the memories CC!
I have given up on steelhead in the rivers after this past spring. It's a shame, I have so many great memories catching them on the Rocky over the years but it's just not worth fighting the crowds. The last time I was out I walked 20 minutes from the parking lot to a spot I had always had to myself when I made the walk and there were 5 other guys there...you can't find a single place on the river to yourself anymore. I was there at daybreak too! I don't mind sharing good fishing but it is out of hand anymore down there. Way too many fishermen and not enough water, it's going to be like the walleye run in the Maumee at some point.
Those London strains sure are fatties! I'd love to get into a few of those! I've hooked 2 steelies on rebel craws this year out of 3 fish total. I've bought 4 rebel craws for fishing this year and only have 1 left! One was lost to a steelhead, the others to snags.
Here's a pic of my steelhead caught on a rebel craw and one of an unnamed tributary that holds a couple of steelies. No shoulders or belly on that steel at all.
Heehee. I know that lil crik! Was catching some darters and stuff for my fish tank there last year.
Was kinda surprised to see a few baby steelies about 3" long show up in in the seine.
BTW, that creek has a name. It's . . . SMACK! Ouch. .
Here's one from another unstocked, unmentionable flow that cannot be found.
Me and a friend got four that day, never saw another person.
Last year, a Manistee.
What I miss most about the London strain is they would enter the rivers and act like trout. They seemed to acclimate to the water they were in and feed like a trout, as opposed to the Mannistee's that mostly seem to be interested in the Boogie Nights. Those Mannistee's are like the Gigalo's that come in and leave when they can't find the party. You people who caught them know what I mean.
Rickerd
I don't mind those Manistees at all. You can still fish for them in shirt sleeves and shorts... in the Spring.
I just don't like that there's sooo many of them and sooo many more fisherman.
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