The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

I know this will not be a big deal to some but to me it was huge, it was my eighth trip to the river this year looking for my first steelhead on a fly, plus a couple of trips last year, all with no results.I was beginning to think I would never catch one. Yesterday I finally caught my first steelhead on a fly, the only unfortunate part it was not a fly I tied. I have caught steelhead on spinning gear in the past so it was not about catching a steelhead, but the challenge was catching one on a fly. I must say that catching one on a fly is an intoxicating feeling and now I can't wait for my next one.

Congrats. For many folks on the Board here, steelheading approaches something for which there should be a nine step program for.

B-

Woohoo! Congrats! I am sure your next one will be soon and on a fly you tied.

Dawn

Bjorn,

I think I am going to have to enter that nine step program.

Dawn,

How did your thesis study end up?

Hey Mitch,

Still slaving away at the study. I am pretty much in the lab phase now, and I am working on staining parasites and identifying them. I will start writing in the next few weeks as I finish up the lab work.

Dawn