There are few things more satisfying than fly fishing with old friends. This weekend, instead of talking or dreaming about finding fish with friends I don’t get to fish with enough, we went out in search of steelhead. We found the chrome on New York’s Salmon River and found many memories that we will not soon forget. The water had dropped 10 degrees in a week’s time and the steelhead were hugging the river bottom. I tried swinging flies for 2 days and only connected with 2 steelhead. The C&D and indicator fishing was also slow for the first 2 days but Darthwader and Lauren’s Legend picked away that pockets and dialed into a couple fish. On the third day, we figured out the magic combination and Darthwader and I did really well. We managed to put quite a few steelhead on the bank and lost more than we actually landed. We will be talking about this trip for quite some time and dreaming of steel until we canall get out on the water and fly fish together again.
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- Alaska
- Guide & Fisherman
- Guiding: Choosing Your Guide And Choosing Your Customer
- Guiding: Do It Yourself With A Guide
- Guiding: Evolution Of A Guide
- Guiding: Freshwater, More Than Meets The Eye
- Guiding: Friends For Life
- Guiding: Know Where You Are
- Guiding: More Than Just A Fisherman
- Guiding: Mystery Of The Fisherman
- Guiding: Payment
- Guiding: Saltwater, A Different World
- Rough Fish
- Fly Fishing For Rough Fish: Why Do It?
- Introduced Rough Fish: The Carps & Other Invasive Species
- Methodology: Gear & Tactics For Pursuing Roughfish On A Fly
- More Roughfish: Bullheads, Whitefish, Goldeye, Burbot & Drum
- Rough Fish Environments: Where To Look For Rough Fish?
- Rough Fish Species: The Suckers
- Rough fish: A Lifetime Of Learning
- Rough Fish: Fishing For Dinosaurs (Gars & Bowfin)
- Rough Fish: What Are They?
- The Hook: Some Common Rough Fish Fly Patterns
- Spey
- Spey: Applications, Where Can You Do It?
- Spey: Atlantic Salmon, A Significant Fish
- Spey: Defined And Demystified
- Spey: Gear, The Nuts And Bolts
- Spey: Lines, They Are That Important
- Spey: Steelhead, New Traditions & A Modern Movement
- Spey: The Energy
- Spey: The Flies
- Spey: The Swing
- Spey: Two Critical Casts
- Striped Bass
- Striped Bass: Fishing Rocky Shorelines
- Striped Bass: Fishing The Beaches
- Striped Bass: Fishing The Flats
- Striped Bass: Fishing The Reefs
- Striped Bass: Fishing Tidal Rivers
- Striped Bass: Flatwing Swing
- Striped Bass: Fly Line Options & Choices
- Striped Bass: Gear, The Nuts & Bolts
- Striped Bass: Migration Patterns
- Striped Bass: What They Eat
- The Art Of Escape
- Fly Fishing: A Natural Drug
- Fly Fishing: A Validation Of Freedom
- Fly Fishing: Don’t Fight The Current
- Fly Fishing: It Is What It Is
- Fly Fishing: Socialization For Asocial Individuals
- Fly Fishing: The Allure Of The Fish
- Fly Fishing: The Art Of Escape
- Fly Fishing: The Simplicity Of It All
- Fly Fishing: Time Flies
- Fly Fishing: Times You Remember & Try To Forget
shaq .. well done .. man, you guys tangled with some nice silver chrome and your buddy got a giant fish! .. .. you are right, seems like every trip there is a magic combination to figure out .. you guys always seem to figure it out though .. nice work guys!
Wow – thats a banner day. I think I saw you the weekend before last….I’ll be sure to say hi next time.
James
You guys got into some nice fish! Nothing better than sharing some steel with good friends…..it’s like popping the cork on a fine wine.
Wow. There are some freshies in there. Its fun to get out with a group of friends and hammer some good fish. Nice video.
Nice work on bringing to hand some beautiful fish, great video too. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Alex