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[chris gadsden]

After reading about someone breaking a coho fishless streak today under general discussion and seeing the picture it almost looked a bit like someone I know, will have to look in the mirror to check it out.

Will type a brief report on my sisters's computer while waiting for supper and not sure how far I will get.

A phone call the other night from Nick who most likely was feeling sorry for my fishless streak gave me a tip that he was getting some fish in Fulcum Country. I never usually fish there and with my computer down I could not contact Fulcum_29 to seek his permission. 

Nick told me to reach the hot spot it was a bit of a difficult wade and to take a wading pole.

While at a FVSS meeting last night I asked George if he would also like to come along, he said he could hold off on work for the morning so we decided on a meeting time of 6:45 at his place as light does not come to after 7 on a cloudy day.

We jump into his truck and head for Fulcum Country right on time.

We arive at the river as daylight starts to break and I have to borrow a bait box from him as mine got lost in the renovations at home. My wife most likely hid it to try and keep my nose to the grindstone at home.

We load up the bait boxes with some pro cured roe, a short floater's ammunition, I have both chum and spring that should work well as I notice a number of them spawning in the shallows below the run we are fishing.

I toss George an extra wading staff and in no time flat we are tackling the current and scattered boulders that make the footing a little treacherous. The water was about hip high and not as bad as I though it was going to be and with felts on the soles I was comfortable with the section of river we were crossing.

I thought of the recent serious incidents on the Vedder and took each step with care but it was not a thing a new fisher with no wading experience should be doing.

We cross without  incident and we arrive a the spot Nick had detailed out. We quickly bait up and our floats are happily bobbing along in the 4 to 6 feet of water. George misses the odd fish and I barb one that is followed by my fishing companion hitting pay dirt first, a dolly in the 3 to 4 pound range.

I am not having as many bites as George so move up a bit with no success. I change my float to a more sensitive one as I still had the balsa one on from my trips to the Thompson.

I also change to a #1 gammy and on George's advice I do not put my usual bit of wool on.

In no time after the makeover the new float is out of sight and the tell tale silver flash of a coho. Jubilation flows through my veins after so many fishless days.

Have to break for supper may be able to get back later on the borrowed computer.

[ocean_going]

i WAS WONDERING   WHY   EVERYONE   USES SUCH LARGE  HOOKS? I USE #4 BARBLESS gamagatsu     i'm not  tryin to snag em, just   hookin them,   just curious............

[Fish Assassin]

Size 1's are hardly large hooks

[leaping steely]

Ive found hooks on the ground that were like 4/0 hooks.  must be those damn snaggers personally I ussually use #1 hooks.

[BIG T]

i quess is all depend,you are a meat hunter or not

[leaping steely]

i quess is all depend,you are a meat hunter or not

good point.  I think there's TOO many so called "Meat Hunters" now. Been seeing alot more giant hooks littered along the banks of Vedder.

[BIG T]

hi fulcrum-29,did chris went to your secret spot and use your secret s.c.t. method too

[chris gadsden]

Part 2

The coho quickly heads downstream towards George and gets behind a root and as I can not move the fish back up to me I ask George if he would take my pole so I can walk through the bush and around the obstacle.

When I get to George my line is slack in hands. Gone he tells me with a bit of a smile on his face. My fishless streak is still alive I say to my self as I pick my way through the bush once again.

I have just settled back into my spot and George is into a wild one that he releases.

Shortly after float down and I am into one also and George helps me land, my first CO of the year a hatchery doe of about 4 pounds, success finally. Since I started fishing the vedder nearly 30 years ago this is the latest in the season I have taken my first fish.

With the monkey now off my back fish number 2 comes quite quickly, a nice hen fish a little over 7 pounds.

My envious fishing partner comes to join me and while I am fighting a spring hooked in the dorsal fin George lands his second of the day, another wild fish.

The fishing slows down and we miss the odd fish and then 6 or so yellow rafting boats come by and things really slow down.

We fish to 11 and then we head for the Point for an enjoyable late breakfast and relive a excellent morning of fishing on a beautiful Fall morning. Back at George's place he does the honours of cleaning the fish for me, what a guide or was it that I bought breakfast.

I am fired up with my morning success and head back up to the spot leaving George to go to work.

I arrive back at the water around 1:30 and on the first 5 casts I have 2 more fish to the beach, a hatchery of about 6 pounds and a wild fish nudging 9 .

I think number 4 hatchery should follow quickly but it does not as I land only one more fish, a coloured jack spring. I also barb a couple of others and miss double that. My fishing is intrupted by the river rafters again. These time a dozen or so riders jump into the water right in the pool I am fishing  so I am sure the fish seeing these strange red outfits in the water did not help and it could have been worse if they were yellow.

But I leave the river quite satisfied with 3 fish, some good roe for future trips , good memories with a new fishing partner, and fishing in some glorious Fall colours and long fishless streak ended.

Where will I be tomorrow? Most likley I will be rolling rolling right along to Murder's Pool as some one from this forum calls it.

[leaping steely]

congrats on the cohos Chris

Atleast the river rafters weren't wearing yellow.

[BIG T]

congrat to you chris,i had the same feeling when i started in the  first week of september...it was alway hard for the first coho..just remember ,enjoy the river outing..

[Buckeye]

Great report Chris!
It was definitely enjoyable fishing with you. There's not too many people left out there who care about ethical fishing the way you do, and I usually end up fishing alone.
Sorry about the lost coho...  It really was an accident!
 

Beautiful day, great fishing partner, awesome fish....

Life can be good!
 

[habzrule]

hehe that was a great report...for a second I thought there was no part 2 and was getting ready to yell at you for the whole suspense thing 
  Good to hear there's a happy ending!!  I need to get my first one...hopefully that will open the floodgates.