afternoon delight

Well, hit dsr for the last 45 minutes they were open...picked away at a few runs in pursuit of a dime bright... finally took a drift in a soft water seem with a slate drop off between a collaboration of pockets and first cast bobber down on an orange egg sac!!! An easy 10 # male as chrome as chrome could be... ended up chasing the thing about 100 yards through some nasty water where three anglers who were packing in offered to net the fish for me... i steered the beast in a few times until the gentleman could finally get a good dip... just when i thought it was in the bag the fish literally leaped out of the net!! Granted it was one of those shallow catch and release rubber nets, but it was still pretty frikkin nuts to see!!! The bastard ended up bolting again and snapping my eight pound test!!!! Thats steelhead fishing for ya! !! LOL!!! It was quite a pleasure to get some late day action though... im quite surprised at the crowds for a wednesday... cars in all parking lots and people locked in key spots in town area that i wouldve liked to get a last cast in before dark

Tight lines guys!!!!

Steelhead have to be one of the hardest fish there is to net. They seem genetically programmed to know how to avoid them. Close enough for a good battle story, Dime. I kept searching for a good wading net and have found one with a rubber bag, a decent hoop, fits on my back and seems to have the depth to put a 30" fish in without it immediately flopping out. So far, one in the 25" range went in.  Maybe I'll get to exercise it this weekend.   Pretty nice to be able to hit the river like that after work.   Keep after them bright ones!

Hoping for the same me. Just got the call we just got our power back on in our Parsippany NJ office so off to work I go to make sure all is well. Can't wait to drive down in the snow what a crazy week it has benn hurricane now snow man only in NY. Best of luck for all that get to wet a line.

Good fish tales DB.. Get your use outta that darn pass !! Plenty fish there and your time is valuable.. Thats where Id like to spend my fall days too..
 
As far as nets:
 Solo I don't really have a purpose for one.. And for salmon I think I convinced my fellow fishers that me carrying a net will come at a cost.. lol
Steelhead I'll net all I can for friends :)
Some (most) times when solo it's no net for me..
 
Now I am also a net fan..
If you are fishing with others, an A+ in my book..  Being able to subdue the fish much quicker and getting a great photo is essential with a net..
I don't like beaching a flopping fish then trying to forcibly subdue them, unhook and try to pick them up to snap a shot.. Far too much stress as I see..
 
Yes I l do like good PHOTO memories of a great fish.. They look awesome on my wall and maybe on others too..
 
 

Fichy,
 
What are you going to do with that net when you get a 39 incher?  I saw one in the air Tuesday that was (not on my line) over 20 lbs, huge dark male!  The guy that had it on never got to worry about the size of the net, though, the jump ended that fish's experience of a Fin Nor and 20 lb. immediately.  There are some real monsters in the river this year!
 
L13

I always found it funny no one in my group ever wanted to carry the net but have no problem asking for it as soon as they have a fish on. I rarely carry one I like to move around too much and always seem to be too far away from it when I need it.