Olympic Peninsula Summer Steelhead – 8/26/14

Fishing has been really good lately. David and Angela came out from Chicago to chase some summer steelhead on the Olympic Peninsula. This was actually their first fly fishing trip. They took a 2hr LL Bean casting class in Chicago then decided to skip learning on trout and going straight into steelhead fishing. It was a good plan because the steelhead have been grabby. Learning how to fight a fish on a fly reel takes some time. Learning on a steelhead is like trying to learn to drive a stick in a Porche. They hooked some crazy fish that would have been difficult to land even if they were seasoned steelhead anglers. Landed one and long distance released five others. It was an epic introduction to steelhead fishing and fly fishing in general.