Salmon River report Columbus Day 2015 - "How's the salmon fishing?"

Friday morning in the upper Sportsman area, busy

The salmon fishing is good.  With the rain Friday and cooler temperatures the salmon are moving and quite a few are setting up to spawn.  The water release is at 350cfs and at the time of this post the gauge at Pineville is 433cfs.  The forecast for the remainder of the week is rain and cooler temperatures as the week progresses.

The numbers of salmon may not be what we would anticipate for this time of the year but there are enough fish to have a good day with plenty of action.  You will  see more anglers right now with the holiday upon us but from this point on more elbows will be disappearing from the river and more salmon will continue to enter to spawn.  With the drift boat as a way to cover water it is possible to find water all to yourself and with fish that are calm and not being harassed.

My client Friday with the fast water between the upper Sportsman
and the Sportsman all to himself, hard to believe.

Since Friday I have seen fewer fish in the deeper runs and most out moving or spawning.  Swinging flies is working well and if you are spin fishing I would use flies as well.  As the run progresses using flies such as flesh flies and big egg patterns will pick up steelhead that are setting up below spawning areas.  By October 20th I will be making the change over to steelhead fishing as this is typically when we begin to catch more steelhead with this set up than salmon.

I have some prime mid-week dates open in November and December for steelhead.  If you would like to book any of these dates contact me at uplndgd@gmail.com or (315) 271-1212.  would enjoy spending the day with you.

Tight lines