So today was my first time out since breaking my wrist, and suffering a pretty savage ankle sprain. And having only one fully functional arm, i decided to stick to float fishing so there wouldn't be as much tying to do. I also cannot consistently cast my baitcast rods. So had to bust out my old lamiglass spinning rod, this thing maybe sees daylight once or twice a year when my wife goes fishing. And I realized today that that is quite a shame. Its a great rod! I forgot have nimble it was comfortable in the hand. So here I am, perched on a rock at rieter, decent crowd for a Thursday morning. The river is a beautiful steelhead green. Only thing missing is the fish. Kept hearing people mumble the O word. As in, its over. While im sure there are some stragglers coming up, the fish are getting few and far between. After standing on a boulder for a couple hours my ankle starts bothering me. So i call it quits and decide to do something different. Cracker bar is a spot i used to fish alot with moderate success. Of course, that was back when wdfw would release smolts in the sultan river. Hell ,i figured, why not? It was a nice change of scenery from the crowds at rieter, but is there any fish around. I i spent the next couple of hours messing around trying to get a feel for rhis bobber dogging stuff. Wondering how you can tell is something is hitting it , when suddenly my bobber darted down! The rod started pumping and the fight was on! For about 10 seconds. .. So it goes. Spent a little longer on the bar, just me and a couple juvenile eagles, and great scenery. Im giving it a 2 simply because its my first trip out in a while, rediscovered an old rod, and had a little action with a new technique.

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