A friend & I went out to the landing just upriver from Rocky Reach Dam on the Columbia (across from Swakane Canyon Road) for a last chance for Steelhead. My friend caught a nice native about 20" & 4lbs. I took a pic with my phone cam, but it didn't turn out very good. It was a beautiful fish. He was using a bright pink & black maribou jig with shrimp ( & barbless hook). It came off as the fish entered the (knotless) net and we released it right away. I wouldn't even had netted it had I been able to see the dorsal fin. It was laying down the whole time, even after it was in the net. He got one other up to the bank, but it got off. It was nice until the clouds & wind came in about 5pm. A couple other guys were there and one of them had just lost "the biggest one he's seen yet" as we arrived. They had been there since 7am and stayed until about 4:30pm & had caught & released two.

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