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I think I'll look into a net. Any recommendations? Man, spooking him when he was right there seems insane, but of course I couldn't tire him if he didn't want to fight.

What do you mean nag them to death? How do you land them with 20 or 30 feet of line off the reel?

Well, it happened again! This time with a much larger fish, probably 12 lbs or so I'm guessing. It was strange, he didn't fight almost at all, I basically reeled it right to me, I had him at a rods length of line and waited for my buddy to come over. It was a somewhat steep bank, I was knee...

Good idea!

I'll try to keep my cool next time! Thanks for the tips

Thank you for the validation and encouragement!

I hope there are many more, casting with anticipation rather than wonder

Thank you!

Thank you!

An absolute thrill. After all that effort, it was unmatched

Thanks, I appreciate it. I'm gonna touch the next one though, I have to 🙂

I've been at it really hard this winter for steelhead. It's my first winter, following fishing last summer on the Deschutes quite a bit. Never had a tug except an occasional trout. I tried gear fishing for a couple years too, never caught a steelhead. Saturday was low and clear on my favorite...

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Update - I peeled off a few inches of the coating and tied a perfection loop in the end to get rid of that big bulky knot I had. Much cleaner. When I first found the crack I was concerned that the sink tip would sever entirely. Now that I've stripped it I know what's inside. Btw, where is the...

So you're talking about an up to 6 foot diy tapered leader after the sink tip?

I meant 12# actually. 10 felt too light for whatever reason.

I saw someone selling on ebay for $.99/foot. Same price I paid for the Rio stuff, not bad...

Interesting idea with the acetone. I'll give that a thought. I was using 12# fluro for my leaders but I didn't like how it was getting nicked up, so I switched to 13# maxima which I like a lot better. It seems more durable even though fluro is supposed to be more abrasion resistant.

I am definitely hitting the ground on my D loop sometimes, as well as being hung up in a tree or bush on the bank here or there. I am still quite new to spey casting. Any mistake that can be made, I am still making them, with each outting getting a bit better (I think). I can see that being...

Damn it, I'm tired. It's t11... The t8 I have though is burgundy, same brand