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[Britguy]

Well i was intending on hitting the Ved today but slept in as i was so tired
So i decided to just hit the stave for a few hours
Lots of people there when i arrived so i went over the dam and walked down river to a spot that was empty
I started with orange wool but nithing so changed to green, nothing so put on some chartuse
first cast fish on
nice little battle and un hooked a nice doe (chum)
Then i was joined by two guys using the b method
sure they were hitting fish but all were mid to lower part of the fish :wallbash:
next cast for me and fish on another nice doe (Chum)
The run was about 4ft deep tailing off to 3ft where i was getting the hits
I was holding back on my float allowing my hook to be ahead at all times and they were hitting it hard and all females
I decide to take a lunch break
so i sat down and are a peanut butter sandwich
then i noticed that my feet were in the water
i guess they were letting more water out of the dam as it was coming up fast
This then spoiled the run i was fishing and there were not as many fish jumping
i moved to the other side of the river
Some guys were fishing dead water with there floats just sitting there
the only way they were hooking (snagging)fish was when the fish moved around in the hole :wallbash:
I found a spot where the water had a nice flow and put on a spoon
i was casting out just short of the fast flow and allowing it to sink and reeling in just before it hit the bottom
The fish were hitting it as it was sinking all but one were in the top of the mouth
One hit so hard and gave so many head shakes i thought it was a HO
Water level was still rising and the flow kept changing
It was just nice to get out and hook some fish (in the mouth) :happy:

[Geff_t]

Hey there Britguy. I too was out on the stave but with the fly rod. First cast and had a coho(buck) and lost another. The water rises fast when the tide is coming in. It is a pretty dramatic change as in some areas the water is moving pretty good during the low tide but on the incoming it is a slow walking speed. The river always fishes best at the beginning of the incoming tide and is the worst on the high slack. I will be back out there soon in search of more coho. I have been having good luck the last few trips