Fall officially arrived and it feels like it. Friday and Saturday were warm on the river and we did get rain Saturday afternoon through the over night, not near enough to make this guide happy but any is better than none. The river is running at 455cfs at Pineville with the release at 335cfs. We've had temps in the 50's-60's the past few days and the overnight temp are dipping into the 30's, this is a good thing as it helps lower the water temp and this helps the fish. The rain we got did help pull more salmon into the river with a decent run of Silvers blasting in. There were reports of a few steelhead although I haven't seen any yet.
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| Early morning on the Salmon River, good time to fish right now. |
So far the salmon are on the large side, with a fair number hitting the 30 lb mark. Right now these fish are fresh and most are runners, hard to hold onto. From last Wednesday to today the spawning activity is ramping up with new spawn beds seen everyday. Most fish are still running and the deep holes are full of salmon.
Flies are working well with leech patterns doing the bulk of the work for us. Set up is with 9' 9wt running WF floating line. We have been able to use 15lb floro tippets and no fish shying away yet.
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| Dennis Ling with a nice King pushing 30lbs. |
Besides the number of fish increasing so is the number of anglers, and leaves. After last years storied run I am bracing for more than the normally crowded conditions usually dealt with around the river this fall. Oh well, let's all be nice and we'll all have fun.
The river is setting up normally and should produce another great salmon season this fall. I'll post again soon.
Tight Lines.
