A Peashooter Vs Bazookas...

The old timers say, plenty of steelhead have been caught on a single handed rod.

But the truth of the matter is the single stick is the anomaly.  The oddity

So take the biggest river we fish and throw a one hander, and it feels like a peashooter versus a fleet of bazookas

When the fish took, we all freaked out and lost it.    We've convinced ourselves that it wasn't going to happen.   4 adult males dancing around celebrating something that was once just normal

Call it retro or whatever, but it was awesome.  We as steelheaders dont have to boom 100 foot casts, but spend more time reading water and controlling the bug in the water to present it well to a willing biter.

The peashooter won this round, and we couldn't have been happier.

Riverside Spey Summit...

"No, seriously....the fish jumped 9 times and then snapped me off"

Sure it did, sure.

OMR holding court on the Big River.  No BS is ever spoken there.  Nooooooo way.

Ridiculous Sunset...

A great day on the big river ended with a bang....

with one of the most brilliant sunsets I've ever seen.
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It's winter.  So what.  Get out there, now.

A Series of Steelhead Events...

Cooler overnight temps finally have the fish moving up the Big River onward in their fall push to the inland tributaries.  We thought we would try out luck to see if any were willing dance partners.

Nothing like hooking up to the chagrin of the gear slinging guide boats.  You could almost hear them groan as OMR hooked up in front of 2 loaded guide boats.  Take another lap there dudes, you cant battle OMR's fish karma!

You know what's special....Watching the rocketship burn off line of your dad's reel and listen to him whoop and hollar, giggling away like my son.

Almost there....

Jack Pot.  I have yet to meet a man who has more fish mojo than this man.  OMR is on the board for the 2012 summer steelhead season.