Vicki Tindall specializes in hooking big salmon and steelhead – this beautiful winter-run came from the Coquille last February. (FISHING PHOTO
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a year. I found my strength and healing. It was within, humbling myself to accept help from others, and in giving back. Now my addiction is creating memories and seeing others experience that shake that makes you feel alive! I want to show my boys, my heroes, that they need to find something they are passionate about, to never quit, to never say you can’t or listen to those who say you can’t, and to always give back! My friend once told me to keep one hand on the ladder and with the other, reach down to help someone else up. This rang true in my heart and those are the words I choose to live by. There are so many exciting opportunities coming in 2018. With so much growth for Wraptor, new opportunities to help the children, veterans and women within the industry, and so many more fish to chase, bring on the New Year!
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Ashley Peterson’s a pro at running lines out to just the right spot to intercept fall Chinook! She caught this one on a wobbler.
“I like to fish,” says Toni Pollock-Bozarth, then corrects herself: “No, I like to catch fish.” Here she holds her biggest of the year, an 8-pound Cowlitz springer.