hambone76
Senior Member
I went fishing on the Big Manistee River in Western Michigan this past week. I tried fishing with a fly rod for the first time ever and was instantly hooked!
I caught my first Salmon ever and my first fish on a fly rod, a decent sized hen. I was bottom-bouncing beads and flys into the deep holes behind the gravel beds where the fish were spawning.
It was about a 10 minute fight and she put on quite the show, but the 10W Echo rod/reel setup handled her well. The power that these fish possess is unbelievable!
It was a great week, the weather and scenery were absolutely wonderful and the fishing was insane. I’ve never experienced anything that can even come close to comparing. The average Salmon was 22#. We hooked into several that were well above that and saw other fish caught that were in excess of 35#. It was an experience that I will never forget and I’ll be going back every year from here on out.
I caught my first Salmon ever and my first fish on a fly rod, a decent sized hen. I was bottom-bouncing beads and flys into the deep holes behind the gravel beds where the fish were spawning.
It was about a 10 minute fight and she put on quite the show, but the 10W Echo rod/reel setup handled her well. The power that these fish possess is unbelievable!
It was a great week, the weather and scenery were absolutely wonderful and the fishing was insane. I’ve never experienced anything that can even come close to comparing. The average Salmon was 22#. We hooked into several that were well above that and saw other fish caught that were in excess of 35#. It was an experience that I will never forget and I’ll be going back every year from here on out.
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