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Russian Steel

by Shanan Rosenberg

6:30am, 42 degrees, Swinging a pink-crystal bugger through frog water somewhere near Healdsburg on the Russian River.

This 14lbs Buck may look less it's weight in the hands of the 6-8 280lbs. angler, but rest assured it thrashed every bit of that mass through the Russian's placid waters and neighbors woke to the sweet sound of a screaming reel.

Originally posted 2008-12-01 03:00:16. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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