It's not supposed to be about the numbers...but sometimes you can't help it.
So, here they are...
700 - miles driven,
10.5 - hours fished,
36 - degree high for the day,
37 (ish) - water temp,
0 - Number of fresh steelhead in the river (ice was still covering the mouth of the river),
4,594 - number of potential steelhead still in the river after last fall's run
, 140 - flow in cubic feet per second at the beginning of the fishing day,
150 - flow in cubic feet per second at the end of the fishing day,
2 - visibility in feet at the beginning of the day,
1 - visibility in feet at the end of the fishing day,
76 - degrees inside of the tent (IC for those of you who know),
-20 - degree rating of my down sleeping bag,
0 - number of seconds I was cold that night,
12 - number of flies donated to the river gods,
0 - number of minutes spent for lunch,
1 - number of brown trout fouled,
11 - length in inches of that trout,
1 - number of steelhead landed by McSteel,
26 - number of photos I took of that fish,
39 - number of times I thought "WTF?",
0 - total steelhead landed by yours truly,
0 - total steelhead that gave me any indication that they were in fact in the river,
72 - percent chance that nymphing would have resulted in hooking a fish,
0 - percent chance that I would have nymphed even if I had that rod and box along.
100 - percent chance that I would do the same thing again and expect different results,
100 - percent chance I am an idiot.
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| McSteel making T-shirt weather |
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| Newly installed Tinkle lights (No, not Twinkle...) |
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| McSteel launching (see the patriot missile in the lower right?) |
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| Working it. |
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5 comments:
Nice work...McSteel sure has it dialed in up there. Wouldn't be surprised if that was the only fish in the entire river. I need me some IC time!!
He's a steelhead whisperer. And I'm with you...more IC time required. Thanks for checking in!
Another great SG installment. Its my go-to for midnight feedings with baby girl. Keep it up!
Luigi,
Glad to hear it. I feel like I need to post more often to help you through. I'll do what I can. Thanks for dropping a note.
Nice looking steely, I went up a week later than you guys. One fat Chromer,small jack, and a couple baby browns. If you like check out my blog, it is still in it's infancy.
Ike
https://chasingfins.wordpress.com/
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