Fall Salmon 2011 Day 1
The day dawned very windy and ended very windy. However, the sky was blue from corner to corner and the fish were at least a bit cooperative. Even though I’m on the downside of the king run this year, I took a couple of them early in the day, and then saw my friend Lou Jirikowic headed my way. We talked for a bit and then got back to fishing. The kings were only a little cooperative, but Low found that the cohos would take a pink egg, or pink anything, and so they added to the day. We both took several in the 31-inch range. They take the fly aggressively and fight like a junkyard dog. I used all my pink double egg and sperm flies in the day’s fishing because I snagged a few big kings (and subsequently broke them off) and had one “tooth” the leader. I shall be tying flies tonight. The weather indicates it will be very crisp in the morning, but I will be here at daybreak looking for some big, sparing kings. More to come….
A nice early morning king that gobbled a 10mm tangerine Otter's egg.
The cohos are big this year and ready to take the fly and give a knock down drag out fight.