The day started with a turkey flying full speed at the windshield of the car, missing us by inches....The fishing started a little slow...John hooked two in the beginning, but broke off both times..I had notta...We moved on to a few other areas with no real luck...Then we came to the honey hole with some advice from a friend...I had two immediate hookups, one fish had to be pushing 30 pounds or more...Jumped in the air, slammed down, took off on a dash into the current and broke me off....I caught a little brown after that....Then I hooked and landed my first salmon....I had heard all sorts of crap about the river, people are rude, unfriendly, blah blah...What I found was to be exactly the opposite. In fact, a stranger fishing next to me helped me land my salmon by grabbing his tail when I got her close to the bank...I caught another brown after that, about 14 inches, he got out of my hands before I got a pic....Hooked up another salmon, broke me off in a mad dash for the fast water....Then one more for the day, she was played within nets reach, but we had no net...She broke me off on a tree limb....
What a great time, I can't believe I didn't do this sooner...Can't wait for my next trip up....
I think you can add Atlantic salmon to your list, that's an atlantic smolt, not a brown...cool! Glad you had a good trip...now bring on the cold rain and snow! It's almost steelhead time!!!
ReplyDeleteNice job! I've only made 2 trips there, once for salmon and once for Spey Nation I. It was my first experience wading for salmon (snagged back in the legal days of snagging from the shore with my dad). I remember how freaking big those fish seemed as they swam past me....I almost go out! ....almost. I hooked and lost only one that trip, but it was a great time. Gotta get up their soon.
ReplyDeleteYeahman...I can't wait for my next trip up...Hopefully steelhead this time....
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