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Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

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Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby silverlaker » March 25th, 2012, 9:02 pm

Nice one Bob! That'll keep you addicted for a while...
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Re: Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby 1mocast » March 25th, 2012, 11:04 pm

WOW! A Custom net for that special fish....

Congrats!
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Re: Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby beachbum » March 26th, 2012, 6:38 am

Nice chrome, Bob! Congrats on landing the big one!
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Re: Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby KRoberts1 » March 26th, 2012, 6:51 am

Yahoo!! Well done Bob.

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Re: Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby duckdog » March 26th, 2012, 7:02 am

Really nice fish Bob, sounds like a great trip.
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Re: Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby Gary C. » March 26th, 2012, 7:46 am

Awesome fish Bob, congrats.
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Re: Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby super dry fly » March 26th, 2012, 1:28 pm

What a "career" accomplishment. A well earned fish to say the least. Congrats.
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Re: Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby Fishfreak911 » March 26th, 2012, 1:40 pm

Bob, that is a MUTHA of a fish! Nice. What a huge net to boot!

Congrats on the PB. You deserve it!~
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Re: Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby stanbery » March 26th, 2012, 1:55 pm

Bob

Very nice steelie and congrats for a fish over 20 pounds.

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Re: Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby The Steady Foot » March 28th, 2012, 2:46 pm

I'm a firm believer in paying your dues and it sounds like you earned those memories well. Good for you.
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Re: Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby dray » March 28th, 2012, 5:21 pm

Awesome looking fish guys way to go! I hope to achieve that same goal someday. How long did it take you to get that thing into the net?
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Re: Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby fishabuoy » March 28th, 2012, 5:32 pm

BEE UU TiFULL!! :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: Gorgeous Chrome! Way to go Bob - NorCAL represents!!!

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Re: Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby NorcalBob » March 28th, 2012, 7:04 pm

<<<How long did it take you to get that thing into the net?>>>
I was very lucky on that fish. I'm glad it was stupid and always decided to run upstream when it decided to go. :bananadance:
We were about 100 feet below a major fast water section (hooked it in the tailout of the pool), and it would always bolt upstream right up into the fast current and then stop. I would then pull it back downstream to about 20 feet from the boat and it would repeat the same act five times. It never got me in my backing since my flyline was 105 feet long! I was on it for about 10 minutes and my arm was cramping pretty good by the time it hit the net. About 15 minutes later I landed a 16 pounder and quit for the rest of the day because my arm was shot! :rockon:
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Re: Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby hip » April 4th, 2012, 1:32 pm

Congrats on that beauty :bananadance:
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Re: Steelhead Holy Grail Finally Landed

Postby meb » April 4th, 2012, 8:00 pm

Congrats on a beautiful fish from a equally beautiful river.

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