add it all up to get the perfect combination for turning on the bite!

Drifted one of those infamous S rivers with T-rip and summerrun on Easter Sunday. The incessant rain raised the previous day's frigid water temp a couple degrees... the high contrast of chrome black spoons stacked against combinations of silver gold and copper.... and the fact that none of the crew brought a decent waterproof digicam. It was the perfect storm for putting the fish on the snap.

Six steelhead and two colorful dollies fell for the trusty rvrwagglers stacked ala Ripley. "Halloween" was a particularly attractive combo (hammered copper stacked on chrome black) accounting for four of the steelhead and both the dollies. Hammered 50/50 stacked on copper accounted for the other two steelhead.

Biggest fish brought to hand was T-rip's 37 x 18 buck. Summerrun brought matching brand new his-and-hers chromers to hand. I brought up the rear with my two dollies.... and crackered three opportunities on steel. It was heartbreak to see the biggest steelhead of my career hovering just under the surface with the rod doubled over against the Halloween waggler. As the hook pulled out, the fish just lingered there for what seemed like an eternity, before slowly lumbering back to his 20 foot lie. Left me wide-eyed and slack-jawed in awe!

Oh and as for the digicams MIA.... I did have my waterproof phone-cam. What a POS! Every pic taken from more than 6 ft away was totally blurred. Fortunately it did a little better on the tight headshots. Definitely NOT the typical quality you've come to expect from fNp porn. I'll let you guys be the judge.

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