I ventured out for the first time to the Vedder this fall today. I had planned to be there at first light but as usual, I underestimated how early there would be light before sunrise and arrived 20 minutes after first light.
Upon my arrival to the chosen spot, I found another car parked there already, so was even more bummed.
But that all changed when I realized who it was. I bumped into Rhino and we fished together for awhile but did not connect with anything beside some small trout and seeing a couple of salmon zipping by.
A quick phone call to Chris an hour later suggested that we were at the wrong spot.
Chris had found some active fish so off we went to his spot.
Right after we arrived, Chris hooked and lost another one after already losing two other fish prior to our arrival. I hooked one soon after and it too popped off right away. Still very rusty after not touching the drift rod for four months.
There were a few rollers at times. Most were chinook jacks, but among them were some beautiful large silver coho salmon, which we just couldn't entice. At one point I switched to the spoon that never fails, and right away had a coho followed right in but I ran out of water before it bit.
That was as close as I would get to a coho today.
Later on both Rhino and I landed a chinook jack, which were released as they were somewhat coloured.
Water was a bit higher than I liked but it was very fishable. If it rains like what they are predicting in the next few days, then most likely it will not be fishable in the near future.
No fish in the cooler, but great fishing trip on the last day of summer.
I also found a prized item on my way out. It is a blue Toronto Maple Leaf hoodie with numerous roe stains on the front. If it is yours, you must attend Sunday's clean-up event to claim it. Maybe I should just burn it since the owner would probably be too embarrassed to claim it?
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Topic: Chilliwack River, September 22nd 2010 (Read 6280 times)