River Journal 09/14/2018

River Journal 09/14/2019I had to take a day off from fishing as my body was telling me it needed a rest. With the heavy rains that occured the day before I knew the river would be even higher . The flo didn't disapoint us. It was high , so high we could not access our favorite run. As we approached the river an angler just came to shore fully dripping as he lost his footing and was totally summerged . He was ok but not in the mood to fish. We decided wade down river following the bank that was waist deep and the water flo was very slow. We managed to cross but it didn't look good. Well we were wrong. Using Steelybeads set 1 1/2 to 2 inches above the hook , I had 5 springs on and landed . Thank goodness for the Luckystrike rubber salmon net as no scales or protective slime was removed from the released salmon. Funny the last few outtings were only coho today was only springs. Most angler were fishing the fast water . I fished the seam were it was slow and didn't have an issue on them picking up the bead.