Took a pic of her in the net and sent her on her way. An hour later I had two fish shake off and then ran out of light so I hopped in the car and hit another spot. Got on fish immediately with light fading quickly. Throwing a big streamer through a deep pool and I had 3 fish chasing it - with one grabbing it. I landed it quickly and went for a quick picture and he flopped out of my hand.
For the next 20 minutes I had fish chasing, boiling, and hitting my streamer. Two more fish landed, one being a really pretty silver female. Third fish wrapped around the tip of my rod and snap....yikes!! Called my friend who wanted to fish with me this morning and we met up at sunrise to fish before I had to call it around 11 AM. From 7 to 11 we had an absolute blast!! I ended up landing about 11 salmon, and he managed about 8 himself. I was using my 4 wt rod with a click-and-pawl style reel
We both had follows of some PIGS, but they never did connect with our flies. Average size of the day was about 20" with a couple around 23-24". Super aggressive fish that were swinging at flies multiple times per cast...wow!What a perfect way of spending Thanksgiving morning! Didn't get pictures of all my fish, but most. Back on the rivers tomorrow, this time with a change of scenery!
Very silver fish!
