Bogachiel River, WA

This river was also a first time float for me but not that technical of a stretch. There were guys fly fishing the right bank just after we put in so we went to the far side of the river. Dustin was bobber dogging when I told him to put down one of the plug rods. It took maybe 3 strokes before the rod went down. In the process of setting the hook and getting the rod out he tipped wrapped the fish rod with the other rod. I got the boat parked and jumped forward carefully clipping the line off between runs. We were able to land the fish. Shortly after that I gave Dustin the oars for some practice as we went through some frog water. I grabbed a bobber and worm and started messing around calling myself a bass master. Next thing I know a fish grabs the worm and throws a tantrum. Got several head shakes before he spit the hook. Continuing down we plugged some water where we caught a nice spawned out buck. Then we got to a hole that looked good. Dustin decided to change one of the plugs to a Green Pirate and are we glad he did. Working all the way to the bottom of the hole a giant hen took the plug. I believe it to be one of Dustin's biggest of all time. Knowing we missed some water at the top of the hole we circled back and ran plugs again and found another reasonable fish. Phenomenal day that will go down in the books as one of my favorites.

Summary:
Location: Put in at Wilson and took out at Confluence
Time: 7am - 4pm
Rod: Spinning rod and bait caster
Tackle: Plugs (catching on Sugar Daddy Mag Lip and Green Pirate Kwikfish), bobber and worm, and bobber dogging yarn.
Fish: 4/5
Species: Steelhead
Biggest Fish: 18#
Smallest Fish: 10#
Rating: 10/10