We first went and fished a confluence hole where we didn't catch anything, but did see some rises. Based on previous experience, probably a few whitefish.
When we moved to the hole that was the object of our desire, we found it well populated with people already. We took the tail out as there was nobody fishing there. With the snow falling and being slightly underdressed, Rachel got cold fairly quickly. That changed for her once she hooked into her first steelhead. She fought and landed a nice little native. Maybe 24 inches or so. Hooked on the bead of course.
The second fish she landed was much nicer and as such, she couldn't pick it up. It was 30 inches +/- an inch. Very beautiful cheeks on that doe. It is now my screensaver. Landed on a size 16 caddis green psycho prince nymph. (I knew Rick would like that.)
After landing that fish, Rachel was cold enough to be ready to go. I knew that I would be back however.
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Way to go, Rachel! You school the fish, while the fish spool your dad! (a.k.a. his previous trip). It is good to see you are getting well trained.
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