Went out to the mouth in the boat today, and launched at barrowtown... It was some tricky navigating to say the least... Hit one good sized log on the way back just before dark, and I have to say I'm much more familiar with the topography now!
We got into 1 hatchery coho jack, 1 clipped steelhead smolt, 2 pike minnows and and a huge peamouth chubb:
Nice to get into the first coho of the season the second trip out, I saw many more coho very tight lipped, and chum were rolling everywhere... Some were chasing the coho right out of the water, so that may have been part of the reason why they were so spooked. The water was a bit murky, and abolutely perfect...
The fly of choice were the black mirage muddler, and the black crystal bugger...
It was a gorgeous day today, totally calm, not many boats... Those people I saw were all friendly with the exception of one pair of redneck cretin types, they just glared at us and would not say hi... Little did they know they were the brunt of some jokes for a few mintues, banjo impersonations and such
Oh yes and we lost LOTS of flies... be prepared to part with a couple dozen patterns if you want to work the water properly...
Unfortunately I have to work tomorrow, so that is it for this week!
Cheers,
Nicole