First Try Steelhead

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. Have a good time, hope you guys do well.. . I live here, and never go.. went once , decades ago,caught a salmon first time out, and never went back.. too much of a madhouse for me, nasty selfish rude "anglers" using the f word loudly 10 times in every sentence. . Might not be that way anymore, not sure. Lots of good fishermen love it, so I might just have went to the wrong place on the wrong day... The DEC guys were everywhere , and from what I saw, those salmon simply did NOT eat, they were all snagged by guys with very expensive polarized sunglasses that have perfected the art of snagging them without looking like they were snagging, if that makes any sense. Lots of those guys would see the fish, and could drift the hook with some yarn wrapped on the shank right into the mouths of the fish as they were resting, facing up current with their mouths open.. Pretty impressive talent... Again maybe its not like that anymore, but from what I saw and from what others have told me, those spawning fish are really hard to get to bite... First thing I was taught was to open the hook up wide so it would be more likely to sink.. The DEC guys knew all the tricks though.. anyway, i hope things have changed.. ....