Catch of the Day

I took Alan and friend Jeff

( X novice ) to Irondequoit Creek and saw 12 salmon, hooked and landed one. I also saw three browns.

I placed Alan in a spot I had success in two days earlier. He saw a few move up. Alan then spent the morning moving downstream.

Jeff was the big winner. I helped him for a few minutes with getting the right drift. He hooked up twice with a salmon, in the tail.

After adjusting our split shot we moved upstream. A male chinook moved within casting reach. Jeff hooked him good, The king ripped up the stream and broke some 6# test. So I tied on some #12 on my 7 wt with a new martin reel and gave it to Jeff. I left him to go find another fish. I was upstream of Jeff for only a few minutes when the water in front of him exploded.

I was shouting instructions to Jeff as I was walking back to him. "Let her take line. Don't hold her back. Palm your reel." as the line screamed off the reel. Soon she was into the backing. I pleaded with Jeff to try to regain some of the line back onto the reel. "Walk forward. Walk backward. Pull back and reel up."

He must have been getting sick of me interfering with his intimate moment with this queen of the stream. I told Jeff that he could not let her rest. I could see he was just holding her steady in the current and He needed to reel her in. I could see his fingers were getting sore and loosing grip. So I helped him by putting pressure on the rod. Jeff said he was afraid the rod would break. I assured him "This rod has caught more large salmon than I could remember." And it would not break.

By walking backward we finally landed a nice fresh 37 inch female King.

Not ten minutes afterward, I looked over to see Jeff landing a 10.5 inch brown trout. We left at 3:00 after fishing to shadows. What a day.

Smoked Salmon

Got out early from work today. I went to the trib about forty minutes from work. The rain was heavy. I fished from about 1:45 till 6:00. I saw a few fish early and then around 4:00 they started coming up steady. I fished the lower section past the bridge and saw at least thirty fish.

I hooked up a dozen or so times and landed four Chinook's. Nothing else.

I tried some timed shots. I was fishing to shadows before I realized how late it got. I left at dusk.

I took one home and smoked it.

October Run

I have waited almost four years to get in on a good run in the creek near my home. I had been traveling an hour plus to a stream that would produce. But today I was sure I could not afford to pass up this creek that once held so much promise.

The usual crowd was hovering over one fish circling frantically in the deepest hole of the creek. And I kid you not: I even saw a J-plug dangling from a young man's spinning rod. That is always my clue to find the place where no one has been harassing fish. It did take me a while being that it was Saturday. I scouted out the upper portion of the creek where the water runs slower. But no fish to be found. So I ventured down stream of the circus hole. And discovered a rocky stretch of water that no one likes to fish. Those who don't fish it, leave it to the fly fishermen.


I walked the bank and was pleased to see my prey. I Chinook jack holding in the tail out of a rapid. In my first anxious casting, I too quickly snagged it tail. And off up stream it went, releasing my fly.
After few more casts and a nice King moved up in front of me. While drifting I clipped his dorsal fin. The fish bucked then settled back in its place. I intentionally dislodged my hook. I added another split shot I made several attempts and pierced his lip with a number 10 glowbug. The fight was quite long before I landed him. A nice chrome king for supper.


Today I hooked seven Salmon and saw three swim by which I had no chance to hook. The second landing was this Big King still not spawned out.
But a little darker than the previous.




















While casting the deep runs, I would also hook these smaller Brown trout
About four all total.















Fishing the fast water was fun today.
I even got this rainbow to hit on a fast swing of my line.

Always Fishing and catching fish is a good day.

But this day seemed extra tranquil.

For family to view our new home

The reason I have not blogged since July is that my summer was filled with moving out of my apartment into a new home. This section is for my family to share my enjoyment of what God has blessed Kim and I with this year.

I will try to limit the photos but if there are comments I can post more.

Maxwell Creek

I went to Maxwell for a look-see. The water is still too low for a possible run of salmon. But downstream, where the water is deep and slow, the sounds of splashing could be heard. Could it be anxious Salmonoids lerking beneath the suface. Or just a carp.