Rob, Fair play mate, well done.. Regards, Denis
>From: Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [VFB] The Streak comes to an end! >Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 07:58:38 -0700 > >I took today off (its my birthday!) and headed up to the north fork of the >Stilly for a little fishin'. > >I was out on Sunday, and caught a jack Steelie near Cicero, and saw several >megatons of silvers rolling in the tidal section below Silvana. > >Today, I kicked off my day fishing at the "Elbow Hole" (I use quotes as the >river is not the same as it was before the Deer Creek Slide when the Elbow >Hole was named). I fished through the pool with a Purple Peril on a dry >line >to no avail. Just yesterday, I was talking to a buddy that just caught an >obscene number of fish in the Sky on Saturday (like 2 steelies, and 6 bull >trout) and he suggested that after fishing a deep pool or run for steelies, >I >ought to take a pass with a sinking line and a bead head bugger for bulls. > >So I did. And on my first cast with this rig I hooked up. About a 10 minute >grunting fight later I landed a beautiful 25" native hen steelie! I took a >picture and let her take off. > >So after 2 years of trying to catch a steelie on the fly, I succeed. And it >was in 1975 when I took my first steelie on the fly in the original Elbow >Hole. > >Not a bad way to spend my birthday. I think I need to make this an annual >event. > >Rob >-- >Rob Blomquist >Kirkland, WA > >On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it >said >'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux and lived happily >ever >after. Denis Goulding _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
