On Saturday, my girlfriend and I fished the Grande Ronde. We got down on the river at about 7:15. We were fishing corky and yarn, and jig and bobber. We got our first fish at around 7:30, girlfriend caught it on corkie and yarn. It was a real skinny wild hen, and it was her first steelhead! Not even 20 minutes later, she hooked up again, and this time it was a hatchery buck, so we were able to keep that one. Soon after, I hooked up, and it was a dandy. Initially, I thought I was snagged, but then it slowly started to move. After about 3 minutes of it just sitting in the current, it made a huge run out into the rapids and jumped, and that's when we saw how big it was. After a long battle, we finally brought it to shore and it was a big, wild buck. After a photoshoot, we sent him on his way. Around 10:00, I nailed a little hatchery buck on a jig, and that ended up being the last one we landed. We lost 2 more before we left around 12:45.
To put a downer on the trip, my car broke down right outside Colfax. Turns out that one of the timing belt pulleys froze up and shredded the belt. So the past 3 days have been spent in colfax doing repairs. Other than that, it was great trip.

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