Ross UK, LukeYVR and I were there on the 20th. Knowing FishOn was going to be one of our favorite spot and knowing very well that there was a possibility that
he was going to take his clothes off while fishing, we decided to stay at least 2km away from it.
Well, actually we like Pete a lot, but we liked coho more and thought they would be higher up.
Our arrival was a bit early, total darkness prevented us from walking to the spot we wanted to go. We took our time to get everything ready before working our way to the river bank. Once it was light enough, we could see the water condition could not be any better. Clarity was good, level was good, the water colour had a slight green to it. I was excited. Chums were lining in the shallows as they made their way up. During the first hour, my float dipped twice and I was too slow to strike as usual.
Soon after, this scream "FISH ON" coming from Luke downstreams had me running. It's amazing how loud that guy can scream when he has a fish on since he's usually such a quiet talker.
That spring took him for a ride and it was one ride that almost swept him away.
I had to tell Luke to give it up as there was no way he was going to turn the fish and the water was up to his waist.
We then decided to move further upstream, but that produced nothing so we decided to risk our chance and make our way back down to where FishOn would be fishing. He was no where to be found when we got there, left just before we arrived I believe. To my surprise, the spot was not crowded, and we already knew the people who were there. Ten minutes after I started, my float dipped slightly and a coho got on the end of that line. That fish ran straight towards me and I had no time to pick up all of the line so it popped right now.
A couple other coho misses after that didn't make things better. Blueback Hunter walked by us and said hi. He reported no action too. The rest of the day, Luke and I got into the odd chum and spring. Ross UK was still not convinced that his float would dip.
We saw coho rolling every now and then, but called it a day at around 2pm.