Steelheading is All About Perseverence

Doug Pullen and his Brother-In-Law just got back from 9 days of chasing steelhead along the Bulkley, Morice, Kispoix and Skeena Rivers.  It was cold and wet as it rained almost every day.  Doug and his Brother-In-Law had to move around quite a bit due to some rivers being blown out with rising waters. The guys had a two person inflatable boat so they could fish from a variety of locations. You can’t fish from a boat so the boat only took them from place to place. You always had to be looking over your shoulder for either bears looking for their next meal (steelhead fishermen are a tastey meal) or large trees that were drifting down due to the large amount of rainfall. Doug fished 6 long days before he hooked his first fish, 18 lbs of pure adrenalin . After 9 days of fishing, 3 hook-ups, 1 fish to the hand and 1 bottle of scotch, in other words a pretty good steelhead trip.