Secound Day With The Spey

Secound day with the Spey. Today was Spey rod day. I ventured to the Puntledge River in Comox today to experience a large salmon on the Spey fly rod. I made sure to leave the center pin at home as it’s to easy to switch when angling gets tough.As I approached the first hole a Spey angler was already covering the top section. I asked if he didn’t mind me below him. He gave me the thumbs up. As I started to cast he gets one on and is panicking as a seal came up and wanted his Chum salmon. He eventually landed it but I wanted no issues with a seal.I moved up river and found another perfect hole but covered by two anglers from England. One angler Craig was the center pinner and the other John was the Spey angler. After watching them it was the enter pinner hooking into the salmon.I picked my position to fish but could not get the casts off properly. This was only my secound day out with the Spey. John watched and then came over a showed me were my error was in creating the D loop. After watching him he coached me on casting and what a difference. Lets hope I remember it next time out.The casts were getting longer and I made sure I mended the line. I was beginning to give up on the day with 3 hours of no success. By 11 am though a fresh batch of Chum salmon entered the river and I covered them. As the mend allowed the fly to drop down and I felt a tap tap tap thinking it was the bottom till I raised the rod then all hell broke loose and the salmon now realized he was hooked. What a fight. My first Chum on the Spey fly rod and John took lots of photos. My day could not get any better but I was wrong as I hooked into another Chum salmon. Both salmon were very fresh and silvery.What a perfect day for my adventure with the Amundson Outdoors Wind Warrior Spey rod