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#1 ·
So this happened recently when out for SRCs.

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The thing went airborne about ten times. Tailed, pic snapped, and off he rumbled.
Dude had seen some sh*t. He had a big gash on the other side from a seal, or a net maybe, and of course has yet to shed his spawning colors. Hopefully whichever river he came from will see him again.
 
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Yes !! Nice job. That is rare and an understatement. A lot of them are coming out now. I was out SRC fishing about a week ago and there was this really large couple of rolls and this fish porpoised a couple of time right at the edge of the beach and it was huge. Too big for most SRC's. So their coming out still.
 
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Every April kelt I've run into on the Sol duc would crush the 1st thing that landed near it. Hyper aggressive fish, 99% of them are re-brite hens.

That's nice to see a buck survive the rigor of spawning & make it back to the salt, has to be somewhat of a rarity


c/22
 
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Every April kelt I've run into on the Sol duc would crush the 1st thing that landed near it. Hyper aggressive fish, 99% of them are re-brite hens.

That's nice to see a buck survive the rigor of spawning & make it back to the salt, has to be somewhat of a rarity

c/22
I landed an April kelt on the Cle Elum a few years back. Bright red-sided buck that had plenty of bumps and bruises from his travels. Certainly and unexpected catch on the size 16 dropped nymph he hit.

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So this happened recently when out for SRCs.

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The thing went airborne about ten times. Tailed, pic snapped, and off he rumbled.
Dude had seen some sh*t. He had a big gash on the other side from a seal, or a net maybe, and of course has yet to shed his spawning colors. Hopefully whichever river he came from will see him again.
Nice job! I see you buy the same beach wading shoes as me.
 
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