Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana

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Thanksgiving break Steelhead

Grannom
Northwest PA

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Grannom on Nov 21, 2007November 21st, 2007, 12:06 am EST

Yesterday was my last day of school for a few days, so I hit the stream and celebrated with some steel...

Mike

"Be calm - you're there..." "...Tell yourself there's no rush, even if there is."

-John Gierach

Chris_3g
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Chris_3g on Nov 21, 2007November 21st, 2007, 7:24 am EST

Beautiful fish Mike! Rainbows are by far my favorite of the lot. What did you catch them on?

Chris.

Grannom
Northwest PA

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Grannom on Nov 21, 2007November 21st, 2007, 8:59 am EST

Egg Patterns...sucker spawn, glo-bugs...

Here are the results from Day Two:

I landed five with at least five more hook-ups

"Be calm - you're there..." "...Tell yourself there's no rush, even if there is."

-John Gierach

Grannom
Northwest PA

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Grannom on Nov 21, 2007November 21st, 2007, 9:00 am EST

Maybe I'll make the drive to Ithica next fall to fish some fingers tribs...I would imagine that it is very similar to the Erie tribs.

"Be calm - you're there..." "...Tell yourself there's no rush, even if there is."

-John Gierach

JAD

Alexandria Pa

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JAD on Nov 21, 2007November 21st, 2007, 12:01 pm EST

Hi Mike
Sounds like you had a good trip,lots of fish in streams now. My friend and myself fished Tuesday with similar results. Great weather lots of fish and good company hard to beat.

JaD

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Grannom
Northwest PA

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Grannom on Nov 22, 2007November 22nd, 2007, 1:06 am EST

I live here in Erie, so not much of a trip, but yes the break has been nice

"Be calm - you're there..." "...Tell yourself there's no rush, even if there is."

-John Gierach

Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Nov 23, 2007November 23rd, 2007, 3:25 am EST

Great to see the photos. My brother-in-law went up on the spur of the moment the day before Thanksgiving and brought back some good steelhead stories for the holiday table. John D, glad to hear you're catching some.

"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

Smallstream
State College, PA

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Smallstream on Nov 23, 2007November 23rd, 2007, 3:52 pm EST

nice fish!, the coloring of those fish is very nice, they almost look like wild rainbows and not steelhead at all

Grannom
Northwest PA

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Grannom on Nov 24, 2007November 24th, 2007, 11:23 am EST

They do look very wild... white fin tips, bright pink and red sides and cheeks...

"Be calm - you're there..." "...Tell yourself there's no rush, even if there is."

-John Gierach

Davez
Pennsylvania

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Davez on Dec 7, 2007December 7th, 2007, 12:17 am EST

grannom...

PSU Behrend, Gannon, Edinboro or Mercyherst?

I lived 3 miles behind PSU Behrend my entire life and went to school there in the late 80s-90s. I always planned my fall schedule so i had a decent break between classes so i could run over to 16 or 20 mile to catch a few steel.

nice fish. pretty nice "resource" to have isn't it?

great job.

Grannom
Northwest PA

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Grannom on Dec 7, 2007December 7th, 2007, 10:55 am EST

Haha, I wish... High School :) And yes it is a very nice "resource". Elk is only a mile or two away from me.

"Be calm - you're there..." "...Tell yourself there's no rush, even if there is."

-John Gierach