Steelhead Saturday

It hasn't been all work and no play (who do you think we are?!) - last weekend we snuck out for a day to go coastal steelhead fishing. We got rained on a little, but it wasn't too bad. Here's the photo evidence!

Getting ready at the van. 

Hiking in along the decommissioned tracks. 

Lots of pretty holes to fish 

On our fourth hole Thor hooked a steelhead!

The fish really gave Thor a run for his money - he had to scale this steep rock river bank down to the next pool to catch up with his fish. 

Landing attempt #1

Not quite - they're slippery buggers!

Successful landing!

I did some 'river-pooling' and caught some newt friends. 

Love their fiery orange bellies!

After we hiked about six miles upstream we floated back out in a 2-man pack raft. it was a little bit spicy in some of the rapids without a spray deck! we dumped once, but overall it went well and we had a great time!