Hi Folks, Been a busy last seven days guiding and I think my mind and body and know it. Awesome season of fishing as I set records for numbers of trips and and revenue. Can't do any of it without the support of my great guests! Thanks to everyone. So, as far as the fishing goes for the last couple of days, Sunday was a boat day and Monday we chased landlocked salmon. Awful nice weather and foliage the last couple of days. Not a formal boat launch for the Sunday trip so my truck gets a little bath while loading and unloading. My clients love it. Water temperature was 56 degrees on the surface. Variable wind and plenty of sunshine. We cast flies for bass and pike. Focused our efforts on deep edge weed beds in 10' to 15' of water. Large #1/0 yellow and red streamers drew the most interest. I like how many salt water flies can be used in fresh water fly fishing. We had 4 bass and 2 northerns eat the fly. All of the fish came right out of deeper water to eat the flies. The pike are incredibly fast when they strike. Kind of startles you. Lots of casting and being able to double haul is awful important in this style off fly fishing. The lake fishing for warm water species should remain decent for the next few days as we are going to experience some summer like weather. On the salmon front, finally some water in the river , but also lots of angling pressure. Water temperature was 50 degrees early in the morning and the water clarity was decent. The fishing was pretty slow as we caught 1 14" salmon and missed a few fish nymphing. We swung streamers and dead drifted a double nymph rig in large primary pools. A #6-#10 Mickey Finn would always be my first choice for streamer in the fall. Our nymph rig consisted of various #12-#16 copper johns with #16 olive caddis pupa droppers. The funniest part of the day was the 5lb to 6lb salmon we netted for an older gentlemen. He was fishing in a slow section of the lower river from the bank dressed in tennis shoes. We watched him with a fish on and asked him if he needed a hand. I think he was more than happy to have a guys with waders on and a net land the fish for him. Not sure how he would have landed it on his own. Pretty interesting all of the guys on the river with fancy fly rods and waders not catching much and here is a guys in street clothes with an old Fenwick glass fly rod from the bank hang a real beauty of a fish. Anywho, I am heading to Florida in a few days and will be chasing snook with the fly. Looks like nice weather around here so get out and enjoy it. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
