#229453 - 01/26/04 12:53 PM
Holy Grail
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Registered: 07/06/99
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Loc: Seattle, Washington, US
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Last week I was at the Restaurant in Forks having some breakfast and I overheard a couple of fellows having a discussion over the "Holy Grail" of Steelheading being a fish over 30, not over 20.
I've already read some of the articles that the Real Spoonman and Surecatch have written and they indicate that 20lbs is the mark. I spent the weekend looking over some older literature from Enos Bradner and the like and I couldn't find any mention of the "Holy Grail."
My question is what is the true weight and who first coined this phrase in writing? Thank you...
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#229454 - 01/26/04 12:57 PM
Re: Holy Grail
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Juvenille at Sea
Registered: 12/21/02
Posts: 182
Loc: Graham
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Seems to me that the definition of all vague terms is best left for the individual to determine.
Someone else's might be to simple catch ANY steelhead.
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#229456 - 01/26/04 01:20 PM
Re: Holy Grail
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The Original Boat Ho
Registered: 02/08/00
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Loc: Bellevue
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Ah, yes the Holy Grail ...
http://www.piscatorialpursuits.com/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=13;t=000844
There will alway be a bigger one!
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#229457 - 01/26/04 01:22 PM
Re: Holy Grail
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"Someone else's might be to simple catch ANY steelhead.:
Yep...so true. But once that blessed event occurs the "limit line" gets raised.
If Griz has a spot open for his Forks trip next weekend it may be that the "blessed event" would occur...one can only hope and cast....and cast...and cast.
Mike
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#229459 - 01/26/04 02:40 PM
Re: Holy Grail
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The Chosen One
Registered: 02/09/00
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Loc: Tuleville
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Eh, to each their own. I just set 30+ as a goal. Just like I set 75 lbs as a goal for kings. If I reach those goals, I'll set them higher!  I'm always happy to catch a steelhead, and treasure any fish that is over 20. One of my most disappointing 20+ pound steelhead was the 27 pound fish out of the Quinault. Didn't fight for crap. Add 3 pounds to that and what do you get? A 30 pound piece-of-crap fighting (dark) buck. Woo, whoo (sarcasm).
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#229460 - 01/26/04 03:08 PM
Re: Holy Grail
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Dick Nipples
Registered: 03/08/99
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Loc: Seattle, Washington USA
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I don't think it's just a personal goal or decision, as I remember reading several times that a 20# was considered a trophy and that a 30# was considered the "Holy Grail".
That doesn't mean you have to feel that a particularly awesome ten pounder you've caught isn't a trophy, or, like Parker above, even if you catch a truly heavy fish it can still be a sock.
Fish on...
Todd.
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#229461 - 01/26/04 03:12 PM
Re: Holy Grail
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Spawner
Registered: 01/07/02
Posts: 919
Loc: Everett,Wa
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I'd say its a fish 30lbs or more. I've seen alot of pictures of 20lb+ steelies. A 20lb fish isn't all that rare. How often do you hear of or see a 30lber?
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#229462 - 01/26/04 03:50 PM
Re: Holy Grail
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River Nutrients
Registered: 10/04/01
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Loc: Gold Bar
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What HBP said....
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#229463 - 01/26/04 04:01 PM
Re: Holy Grail
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River Nutrients
Registered: 10/10/03
Posts: 4756
Loc: The right side of the line
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60lb king
20lb steelhead
10lb rainbow
100lb Halibut
Is what I have always known to be the big 4 or the pacific slam. I have two but have never focused on the Ironheads and halibut that much.
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#229466 - 01/26/04 07:29 PM
Re: Holy Grail
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Registered: 12/19/03
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#229467 - 01/26/04 07:41 PM
Re: Holy Grail
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 10/08/01
Posts: 1147
Loc: Out there, somewhere
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I've caught a 20+, so it's 30 for me.
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#229468 - 01/26/04 08:10 PM
Re: Holy Grail
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Returning Adult
Registered: 11/12/02
Posts: 270
Loc: Bothell
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The "Holy Grail" is clearly a 30+. I would call a 20+ a trophy, but not the Holy Grail.
SA
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Plus c’est la même chose"
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#229469 - 01/26/04 08:17 PM
Re: Holy Grail
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Juvenille at Sea
Registered: 12/21/02
Posts: 182
Loc: Graham
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Well allrighty, then...
...I'm holdin' out for 40+!
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