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The making of a steelheader: Bob Welch on the Town Run

July 16th, 2010 · 8 Comments

Greg Hatten shot this great video earlier this week of Register-Guard columnist Bob Welch fighting his first steelhead on the Town Run. Check out the four-foot jump this thing takes. Apparently Bob is hooked.

Tags: Summer Steelhead

8 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Alex // Jul 16, 2010 at 3:44 am

    That was a great video, and sweet boat btw. Keep em coming !

  • 2 Marc // Jul 16, 2010 at 12:13 pm

    holy shiz

  • 3 David Swart // Jul 16, 2010 at 12:30 pm

    That’s why we (fly peoples) get adicted to stellies they put on such a show & have so munch energy & aerial jumps it’s intence.

  • 4 Jeff // Jul 16, 2010 at 4:00 pm

    Great catch Bob! You are representing the Guard well!

  • 5 Dave Johnson // Jul 16, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    Nice fish Bob!

  • 6 kahana // Jul 17, 2010 at 4:46 am

    Well done, steelhead are nice fish.

  • 7 Steve // Jul 18, 2010 at 10:27 pm

    I want to do that float.. Are they putting in at Clearwater??

    Steve

  • 8 gregH // Jul 19, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    It’s a great float - but it’s not Clearwater…
    GH

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