I fished the robe menzel stretch today, got to a nice stretch of holes around 11:00 am. My set up was a telescopic Ul set up with 6# maxima ultra green mono. I started off floating worms, no luck. Then I tried drifting crawlers no luck. Then I tried floating my home cured coho roe... First cast, 10 seconds after my gear hot the water my bobber heads for places unknown, hook set.. It's a pig... So much so I think I'm going to loose my gear... Then I see the red flash... Crap! I'm hooked onto a lively buck coho on my trout rod. I got him in as fast as I could with 6# gear snapped a pic quickly and released him without removing him from the water... I didn't want coho.. So I moved down a hole, tried roe again. Cast bobber down, same thing, this time its a very silver hen and a little bit smaller, released promptly. After that i put the roe away, and tried blue fox, green/silver size 2, 4 cast, 4 coho... Then one snapped it off, ok no worms roe or spinners, then i tried dick night.... Same thing, then jigs, same, then buzzbomb (to see if there was something they wouldnt hit) same thing. I moved holes several times tried flies, spoons bait you name it, couldnt keep the coho off my line. I called it a day around 3pm after c&ring 30+ coho with 50+ hookups some 4 or 5 cast in a row with hook UPS. Too bad it's not open for them .. Went home with tired arms, exhausted from battle. If I would've caught a trout I would've rated it a 5


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