Largest salmon on fly so far...
This large male Pink Salmon whacked my wet fly hard and quickly headed for the deep, fast-flowing river channel. Turned him just before he'd have spooled me. Night was falling and I was chest deep in the river. Applied consistent pressure, rod on side, trying to get line back in. Several times, I thought I had him close enough to net... and he took another run back out in the channel. Twenty minutes later, maybe longer, I netted him. Looking at that hard, hooked mouth, I realised why I'd lost the four previous fish I'd hooked earlier in the afternoon.
I'd had to exercise a lot of restraint, as my leader was 6lb... and I (wrongly) figured the fish I was fighting was over that weight. Twice in the last three weeks I've lost a salmon right at the net, when my leader failed. I was taking no chances with this beast... .
Beautiful silvery fish when caught... but it quickly faded when the missus put him in the freezer to chill before cleaning.
Notorious
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very cool
very cool
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Hutch
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Nice fish. Heard they fight
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Nice Salmon - well done
Nice Salmon - well done
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HondaHoncho
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Catch 'n' Release
Have caught several more 3 - 5 lb male Pink Salmon since this one. Sadly, the big males are very, very ordinary eating once they've gone 'humpy'.
I've let 'em all go since catching this one. Great sport, though!~
Concentrating on Coho at present... . Rivers are getting harder to fish, due to rain, strong current and debris. Short-sighted salmon nuzzling my wader boots this morning!