Syracuse.com - Cazenovia boy, 12, catches and then releases 'lunker' steelhead on South Sandy Creek

[HuntingNY-News]

He had caught his first trout on a fly only two weeks before.

Submitted photoBen Stevens, 12, holds up a nice steelhead he caught on a fly on South Sandy Creek, a Lake Ontario tributary.

His father, Gordon Stevens, wrote: "My son and I have learned to fly fish this year and two weeks ago he took his first brown trout on a fly. This past weekend fishing with Tony Gugino, a guide in Pulaski, we had great success.

"Ben caught this lunker among the four he landed on Nov. 4 We said he'd go flyfishing with a guide if he get's straight A's and now I don't think he will waiver from those marks! All fish were released to spawn and get bigger!"

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[ATbuckhunter]

Looks like a rainbow to me. It sounds crazy but there's actually a difference form steel and bow's.