"JR" wrote in message
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Tom Nakashima wrote in message
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First steelhead on the Trinity river in Northern California, Nov.
11, 2004
Orvis PM-10 9' 6w SA 6WF floating line, 7 1/2 ft leader, 18"
tippet. #6
Golden bead assassin.
Thanks for all the help from the news group.
http://home.comcast.net/~tomnak/tom2.jpg

Congratulations on your catch. Not just a nice fish, but an
absolutely gorgeous piece of small steelhead water in the background.

Could I just mention, however--in the event you were C&Ring--that if
that fish, held that way, were to thrash out of your grip and drop on
those rocks, it could conceivably do itself considerable harm. Very
nice pics can be made of fish held just barely (inches) over the
surface of the water.
JR

thanks, still learning.
-tom