Word: steelhead
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stout Trout. In Lewiston, Idaho, 15-year-old John Olson got a very dirty look from a steelhead trout while wading in the river, explained to the game warden that the only thing he could do was stone the 13-lb., 36-in. fish to death in self-defense...
From whose whiskey bottle did your reporter get that story on steelhead fishing (TIME...
Never have I read such a funny story, and I've fished for steelhead (and caught a few) in Oregon and Northern California. I have yet to see anyone using "walnut-sized gobs of goof" for bait and a "fetid turkish towel for wiping hands after fixing the bait." Sounds" too much like cleaning a stopped sewer...
Your reporter should see the artistry that goes into the tying of flies in preparation for the steelhead season. He should have a warming hot toddy with the boys when the day is done. Of course, those are prewar seasons I have in mind. Maybe the sport has deteriorated...
Like duffer golf and taking alarm clocks apart, steelheading is insidious. Once a fisherman has felt the steelhead's gentle tap, has socked him and missed, he will never give...