This was my first steelhead, a 32" colored up buck. I sight fished to him for an hour but he ignored egg patterns and stonefly nymphs. Finally, in frustration, I tied on a sculpin streamer, and my eight weight bent tip to butt on the first cast. I had to re-measure him three times because I couldn't believe how big he was for a Minnesota steelhead; my hands were still shaking when I got back to the car.
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