"While I hooked up on a few different patterns, Lemire's Greaseliner was my go-to pattern this trip. Part of the allure was that Todd had mentioned that he saw Harry fishing one of the runs we would float by. Being an in-hand flytyer myself - with Mr. Lemire as one of my inspirations, it was only proper to swing the Greaseliner. That hen steelhead "shark-attacked" that Greaseliner for my first BC fish to hand. As Todd and Steve can attest, I went through a lot of emotions on that take that may have to be re-enacted over at steelhead camp."
-Adrian Cortes
Adrian had a freshly tied Greaseliner on as he fished the slow, quiet, lower section. He was fishing some soft water near a log laying in the water. As his Greaseliner approached the log, a steelhead exploded on his fly, his fly, not feeling any resistance, Adrian thought he had missed the fish. He dropped his arms in despair, motioning to us that he missed one. Before Steve and I realized that Adrian was trying to communicate with us with his contorted body gestures, Adrian's Dingley was singing! He didn't realize that he had a fish on the whole time - his "delayed strike response" was the perfect medicine on that steelhead take in the slow water.
Adrian's Greaseliner. Photo by Steve Turner