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Well after picking up a bug flinger with my stimulus check i finally mustered the courage to leave the gear rods at home and head up to a spot i know is holding fish. It was my first time steelheading with a fly rod. I started off with a green butt skunk but i just couldnt keep it down in the faster deep water where the fish were holding. I switched to a barbell purple egg sucking leech and finally started getting a good swing. Well at the end of one drift (while doing the "Lani Waller" twitch) my fly stopped, and i set the hook. Much to my suprise the rod started throbbing and it was on! The fish stayed in the calm water for a while and let me do some work on it. i got it up about 10' from the bank and it decided to make one last run way out into the rapids. Needless to say the hook pulled, but what a rush, I cant wait to do it again! Now I see what all the fuss is about!   
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I thought you needed to cast like 10k times for a fish?
Great job and keep at em.
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Marty
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Let me know when your ready to buy my spey rod 
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What 2 hader are you selling Marty?
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I have a loomis 1688/9 -3 collecting dust.. used maybe twice. Rather use a single hander with dries for trout
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Chromeo
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what do you want for it?
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Very cool. Congrats!!!! Yeah, once you hook one, it's pretty addicting.
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Not really sure what I want for it since I have the reel and lines for it too. Would trade for a nice electric downrigger.. its worth 700-1000 for the setup.
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hey marty what kind of reel and line do you have for it? i might be interested
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its a rio multi tip system and the reel is a blue forbes I believe. Nice setup I worked up for my bc fishing. titanium guides and reel seat.
Edited by Marty (06/20/08 11:11 PM)
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