My final BC salmon for a while.  Polaroids certainly make a difference. Saw a small school of jacks (immature males) heading up the river and one took an olive sparkly fly almost immediately. Not another take for the next hour.

Decided to continue fishing this same location, as I'd spotted a much larger Coho... and hadn't seen her take the rapids above the pool. Sure enough, she finally took a heavier fly submersed in the flow of the pool.

Didn't see her for fifteen minutes, after which she jumped twice, then went deep again. Five minutes later, having regained some line, I saw her swimming strongly to my left, on the river bed in front of me. The net spooked her... and off she went downstream.

Working the rod on its side (a recently-watched vidclip has convinced me maximum leverage can be applied this way, if the drag is properly set) I finally got her back level with me again, but the net spooked her again... and she disappeared under a log beside the bank, where there's less current.  Glad I upgraded to an 8 lb leader! When she finally reappeared, she was on her side, but it took me a couple of attempts to net her, as she was too big for my net. Even then, she jumped out of the net as I scrambled up the bank... . 

What a holiday.  Fly fishing for rainbows in England one week, for salmon in Canada the next. Probably even better than the fish I've caught during two months' fishing, has been my improved technique... as a result of outstanding (free) advice from helpful experts. An afternoon at the Haig-Brown Festival in Campbell River BC was certainly well-spent, improving my casting with these kind masters of the art... .

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