[jon alverson]

My favorite guide pulls this one out from time to time:

Lou: So, let’s say I’m screwing your wife.
Me: Really?
Lou: You come over and say Lou, stop screwing my wife. You’d want me to stop screwing your wife the first time you told me wouldn’t you?
Me: Yes
Lou: Stop casting there
Me: Got it

[jon alverson]

I’ve been fishing the run for the past 7 or 8 years and do love it. It’s not for everyone because the crowds are unruly and you really fish elbow to elbow. We fish in the private area and it helps some, but anybody with $30 can get in there.

When I hooked the fish it felt a lot different than the salmon and steelhead. I knew it wasn’t a salmon but it bent the hell out of the nine weight.
We didn’t know it was a brown unti netting time. My buddy – dude in the photo – said holy crap that’s a brown and promptly missed the first swipe with the net. He got it the second time and we yelled Brown to our guide Lou and he came running.

The day was nutty. We hooked more trout than salmon and landed our fair share of nice steelhead. We also caught a 10-pound lake trout which is a rarity.

There were reports this year of two atlantics in the 12-pound range. I caught one in September about three years ago that went about 8 pounds. We didnt do as well today, but i did get another big steelhead.

We stretched a piece of mono to get the dimensions for a fiberglass mount. The tape was broke. I think I just got a new wish list for Santa.

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