Originally Posted by Valsdad
[quote=Santiam


Summer steelhead on the South Santiam...It is still a couple weeks before they arrive in numbers,but just looking for a early bird...

The first of the year..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMMwWvGkSXo&t=154s



Fun, but y'all use a stiffer rod that fish would come quicker.

Leastways, that's what all the wimmins tell me!

Nice catch, and the water must still be cold for that fish to be fighting like that.

Thanks for the video link.

Geno[/quote]
Wide angle distortion makes it look that way. He had rolled once in the line and had some sideways pull.