Fishing Forum

I've been asked several times "Where did the name for the Tippy Dam Welston side stairs come from ? Heartattack Hill , are they really that bad ?"
At BFT we will answer that question .


First you catch your fish .

You exit the line .

Make your way to the first 3 flights of wooden stairs.

Once you reach the top of those .....

you climb up the other flights of wooden stairs until...

you reach the cement staircase . You start up ......

and up..........

and up (there is a bench around the halfway point but I had already pased that point ).....

Finaly you reach the blacktop pathway and again , you continue up .......

and up, just above that hill is your final destonation the parking lot , that is if you haven't had a heartattack along the way .

The Welston stairs , AKA "Heartattack Hill"
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i had to stop three times last time i came up those darn steps..they need to put an escalator in..or at least a tow rope..that will kill you quicker then the watter
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that pic of the fish looks like a tiger..is the watter playing tricks on my eyes or what
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Nope , just a brown trout .
The holiday crowd gave the coffer quite a work out and this was all I was catching time after time .
I snapped one of my St.Croix rod tips on a king so it's going back under warranty replacement .
I'm down to one last rod , it's been a tough year on equipment .
In Neoprene waders it's a 2 to 3 stop trip up that hill and the heart is letting me know i'm pushing it a bit , breathable waders it's a one stop trip at the blacktop at a regular old man pace .
I'm thinking they should have a 911 call box somewhere along those stairs .
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i was having alot of problems with the st .croixs breaking on me told me it was a bad batch of blanks imported from china..now i refuse to buy one..i have a new locally made one called riverside..put a one year warrenty on it ..and i cant seem to find a salmon stong enough to break it..lord knows ive tried..id be afraid to keep any salmon at tippy..i dont think i could survive draging them up them stairs..id have to call an put a ambulance on stand by before i started up em..
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Those stairs are killers for sure.

You did however forget to mention the fresh slimmy, slippery egg gue coating each one of the steps during the heat of the run.
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that's why I show up with a spatsula, skillet and a side of bacon, green peppers, shrooms, 3 different cheeses, onions, and taters.
[center][:p] Any one for a fishermans omlet ? [:p]

Yep , all those golded BB's and spooge all up and down the stairs , a light mist and your hanging onto that rail for dear life .
Pressure was low at the manistee the guys from work tell me , they tried their luck at bear creek and not too many other fisherman around .
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I thought you might apreceate these set of steps not far from heartatack hill, "Breaky Your Necky Hill"

no I wont disclose its location, tho you may know of it.

but if some one dose find them, I suggest rock climbing boots and gear. all are at best -15 degrees off angle and more with no hand rail...


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