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Date Fished: Oct 21, 22, 23
Location: Salmon River
Water Conditions: 335 cfs
Posted By:
"2Bonthewater"
Vdickjr@dejazzd.com
10/24/2008 1:38:20 AM
Report ID: 22864
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Report: Rained all day Tuesday......managed a couple salmon and one nice steelie...my father managed a salmon or two
Wednesday......no rain, but very cold....managed 3 salmon and my father managed a few salmon--one 22 pound Coho and one 25 pound King (both put on scale)......he also lost a huge female King below the wire in the UFZ
Thursday---fished late morning...I had no hookups.....father caught one steelie and one nice coho
Fished the Upper Fly Zone most of the time.....not as many fish as years past for these dates.....but, there were a few salmon around and a small, very small push of fish hit the upper fly zone on wednesday afternoon.....
managed a few foul hooks, which were promptly broken off.....flies used: large red and orange stoneflies, sucker spawn and various colored eggs.........cream color with some pink worked the best....caught one or two on black wooly bugger........
there are some salmon in the lower fly zone and a few steelhead........did see some nice browns caught Tuesday in the upper fly zone
watched 2 guys in the UFZ blatantly snagging fish....they were in the slower water that empties into the wire hole---one guy had one on...then the other...I started clapping...they both looked back.....they left....what a bunch of goofs....I also saw a guy with a spinning rod walking the shoreline of the UFZ.....???? what the heck??? seriously, he was holding a spinning rod with a spinning reel......
I used switch rods for the first time......Beulah 10.5 foot 9/10 wt awesome
Winston 11 foot 7 wt w/ Elixer Fly Line--freakin' rocket launcher........insane rod!!!
slower than usual for our annual trip, but who could complain--the fish were there, they just did not want to snap at anything--most of the fish were doing their thing----but every now and then........Fish on........and the drag was screamin
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