Son's First Fly Rod Steelhead

[Bruce Litton]

Originally Posted by Mikey topaz

Plain and simple the more salmon the more steelhead ...... 7 wt/9wt are perfect sizes for these bad boys. It woulda been baddddddddddd u hooked one those rockets on a 5 wt oboy lol!! Just like dakota me tioned these fish are very senitive to water temps and with the weather this year one day 40 the next 70 is not helpin and really puts these fish Into shock, for christ sake its november they should least 2ft snow up there by now hah! Congrats on ur fish man

Didn't mention, he did hook one on the 5 wt, but only about a 6-pound fish. It took off downstream like a bullet train and he had a good, solid hold on it; steelhead leapt, came down, pulled the hook. But of course I'm thinking 7 wt.