Post your favorite fishing shenanigans pictures or stories
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Paige
Wishing I was fishing the Sauk
Bhudda our frien Ben and I floated the upper sky one summer day. Jeff has yet to land a steelhead back then, so I always tried to put Jeff in the prime water. Well we pull into the pyramid run and I tell Jeff to hit the second seam bellow us.
He hums n haws looking up river and down and bluntly states "nah I'm going to the top"
Well gues what...
Ben goes "fuck yeah I'll hit that then" and goes down to were I told Jeff to start and promptly hooks and lands a nice summer run!
Jeff looked like someone had kicked him in da nutz
He hums n haws looking up river and down and bluntly states "nah I'm going to the top"
Well gues what...
Ben goes "fuck yeah I'll hit that then" and goes down to were I told Jeff to start and promptly hooks and lands a nice summer run!
Jeff looked like someone had kicked him in da nutz
GOTY
Steelhead
It was 2014. Or maybe 2015, or maybe 2013. I can't remember the date, but I remember the events. The legend Totez McFloatz, @DanielOcean, and myself went to the Methow.
We pick up Dan in Monroe around 2am. An hour into the drive Dan realizes he forgot his wading boots. We do a quick u-turn at the next off ramp, jam through a red light making a left turn, and get promptly pulled over by a cop thinking it was a slam dunk DUI case. We get off with a warning thanks to Totez and the statie both being veterans. We head back, Dan grabs his boots that were still sitting on his porch right where he left them, and we get back on the road. Every good day of steelheading starts with waking up at 2 am only to immediately waste three hours.
It was the second run that we fished. Dan gets set up in the bucket and starts working the run. A dude promptly comes out of a trailer nearby and steps in about 10-20 yards below Dan. Less then half a dozen casts later with his spoon, the dude's rod buckles. He casually lands the fish, bonks it, and walks back to his trailer with fish in tow.
It was the most beautiful piece of low holing I've ever seen in my life. Often times I think about that low holer and how little he knows about the long term impacts of his actions that day. That single act of roping has touched the lives of countless WFF/PNWFF members.
In all seriousness that was one of the most memorable days of steelheading I've ever had. I hope that spoon is neatly preserved in a glass case in the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame
We pick up Dan in Monroe around 2am. An hour into the drive Dan realizes he forgot his wading boots. We do a quick u-turn at the next off ramp, jam through a red light making a left turn, and get promptly pulled over by a cop thinking it was a slam dunk DUI case. We get off with a warning thanks to Totez and the statie both being veterans. We head back, Dan grabs his boots that were still sitting on his porch right where he left them, and we get back on the road. Every good day of steelheading starts with waking up at 2 am only to immediately waste three hours.
It was the second run that we fished. Dan gets set up in the bucket and starts working the run. A dude promptly comes out of a trailer nearby and steps in about 10-20 yards below Dan. Less then half a dozen casts later with his spoon, the dude's rod buckles. He casually lands the fish, bonks it, and walks back to his trailer with fish in tow.
It was the most beautiful piece of low holing I've ever seen in my life. Often times I think about that low holer and how little he knows about the long term impacts of his actions that day. That single act of roping has touched the lives of countless WFF/PNWFF members.
In all seriousness that was one of the most memorable days of steelheading I've ever had. I hope that spoon is neatly preserved in a glass case in the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame
I love taking people out on the ocean who believe the banana bullshit. My deckhand the last two years brought a banana every day like clockwork, and at some point would pull it out for a snack, and to produce a "nanner bite". Some people would absolutely freak out.
My standard response was to step out of the cabin and say "You know who believes hananas are bad luck for fishing? People who can't catch fish". Most people would laugh but I've seen more than a few people get a bit butthurt.
Fishing a popular salmon beach.
A guy walks up to me carrying a rod armed with a buzz bomb.
He asks “what are you fishing for?”
My reply “coho”
He says “cool, when do the silvers show up?
SF
A guy walks up to me carrying a rod armed with a buzz bomb.
He asks “what are you fishing for?”
My reply “coho”
He says “cool, when do the silvers show up?
SF
Scudley Do Right
Legend
Whatever happened to that dude Totez? I remember he met up with us in Eastern WA for March 1st. We got a hold of him when we got over there and he had set his tent up at a different camping area. About 20min later we see him bombing down the road in a mid sized sedan. There was half a tent hanging out the rear driver's side window and rigged rods hanging out the passenger. He hit it pretty hard that night and didn't make it down to the lake until about 1:00. I vaguely remember something about his dad's Winston breaking in the camp site move.
G_Smolt
Legend
Hahaha that's awesome! I have 2 standard responses... "Suck Less" and "Find a Better Excuse".
No one needs to be a Fruitist.
GOTY
Steelhead
Hah, that sounds like Totez. The mods (not Evan/Billy/Josh) banned him on WFF for some stupid pissing contest stuff. He's doing well, although with 2 kids he doesn't fish as much anymore. Became an incredibly strong white water kayaker too.
kerrys
Ignored Member
One of the best steelheaders I know always had bananas on his boat. Didn’t seem to affect his ability to catch or put his clients on damn near every steelhead in the river.
One season when I was a deckhand wr caught a coho with a banana peel.
Last year we tried a few times to catch a lingcod on a whole banana. Hooked two but never landed one.
The whole banana thing is such a dumb scapegoat
Last year we tried a few times to catch a lingcod on a whole banana. Hooked two but never landed one.
The whole banana thing is such a dumb scapegoat
Let's troll a banana in the tuna spread
One winter on the Methow, I got all the way there and realized that I had forgotten socks! (I probably just had on some kind of thin girlie socks for the drive.) It didn’t stop me from steelheading though. I had some fleece mittens in my rig and in a pinch, I used them as socks!
Introducing the Mitten Sock:
[infomercial voice] Is your chimpanzee always getting cold feet?One winter on the Methow, I got all the way there and realized that I had forgotten socks! (I probably just had on some kind of thin girlie socks for the drive.) It didn’t stop me from steelheading though. I had some fleece mittens in my rig and in a pinch, I used them as socks!
Introducing the Mitten Sock:
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