Steelhead on the Brain
November 1, 2012
Author: Will Rice
Author: Will Rice
Photo: Scott Tarrant
Do-It-Yourself-Steelhead By the Numbers: Time to break out the calculators for some serious steelhead math. We all know that steelheading is not about numbers, but today – since we’re not fishing - it is.
Photo: Scott Tarrant
Here it is: seven anglers fish for steelhead for three days - nine hours each day. It is a do-it-yourself trip. Fish counts are at 60% of the 10 year historical average. On day four, three anglers fish for 2.5 hours. A total of 13 steelhead are hooked. What is the average “rod time” on the water required to hook a steelhead? First winning answer posted here on the blog wins a signature Trout’s Fly Box.
Photo: Scott Tarrant
Get after it and win!
Comments
Average time is 34.6 minutes to hook a fish!?
15.12 hours of ‘rod time’ per fish!
14 minutes….. (I don’t a clue)
Trick question. There is no 4th day! The 7 anglers fished for 3 days.
Not a trick question. On day four, four (4) anglers had to leave (one had to catch a plane so he could make it back to the shop for work). Three anglers stayed and fished for 2.5 hours.
12 minutes ‘rod time’ per fish.
5.4 hours
Average time is 11.5 minutes of “rod time” to catch a hog!?
2hrs 15 minutes per fish.
15.11 hrs.
Unless Will is fishing. Then the answer is infinity.
19.65 hours of “rod time” per fish…..or 1179 minutes
way too many hours per fish
45 minutes
15 hours 7 mins
15.115
15 hours 6 minutes and 55.3 seconds spent per fish hooked
or
1.68 full days per fish
or
0.6 fish per angler per full 9 hour day
Kinda depressing!
OK, we have a winner. Since we did not get too scientific on decimal points and time conversions, we’re going to hand this one to Brian Sturos with the answer of “15.12 hours of ‘rod time’ per fish!” Nice work Brian. Send your mailing address to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and we’ll get your signature Trout’s Fly box in the mail. We’d like to thank everyone for participating and following Trout’s Fly Fishing. Stay tuned to our blog for a detailed trip report and photos from this trip to Oregon.
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