I went out early and the rain had not destroyed the river as I thought it might.
Decent clarity considering the last night rain.
Hit up my favorite spot and only a few others were joining me.
We had a bit of a chat about the season, each others luck. Shared some smoked salmon and moved on to the run.
With a lot of chum swimming near shore I decided to cast a single jensen egg with a tuft of white/peach wool into the meet of 2 streams. nice and slow drift and first cast I hooked into a Big wild buck coho. Quite an acrobatic fella and with the faster current it felt more like a small spring than a coho.
Got a few good runs out of it as the pool I tried to land him in just wasn't his style and he pulled me down river into the faster current. Got my feet wet but let him go rather quick.
The hook just flew out and caught on my jacket as he took off.
Fished the run for about 30 more min and the rain sure came on heavy. My fingers were cold from fiddling around in the water already and the rain wasn't helping
Since cold and wet already I put on a bit of roe I just cured and first chuck into the water I hit a chrome spring doe about 10 or so lbs. She fought like a tank and also pulled me far down river with the current at her aid.
Not as much energy in her as the coho but tired her out quick and brought her to shore.
With a bit of a revive needed I released her into the water to finish the cycle.
Then a wonderful thought popped into my head. Tim hortons coffee time.
Cleaned up my mess and brought a bag worth of empty beer tins and some more garbage included and headed home.
Now its time to remove my salmon from the brine from the night earlier, dry out for a couple hours and turn on the smoker.
Hope you all had a wonderful sunday as mine was spectacular
Tight lines
-Brian
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Topic: Chilliwack River, October 21st 2012 (Read 3169 times)