Hi Folks, Guided on the river of big fish yesterday morning. Due to the crazy amount of fishing pressure we left Stowe at 5am to get on the water in the dark. Water temperature was 54 degrees and the water level was slightly above the seasonal average flow. We swung streamers all morning as nymph rigs under indicators were not effective. We had 4 salmon elevate to our swung presentations and hooked and landed two real beauties over 20" . A female that was just over 20" and a really fiesty male who was all of 22". Both salmon were silver fish that appeared to be fresh into the river. The male salmon gave my client everything you could hope for from of these fish. A great take of the fly, then proceeded to jump and tail walk across the pool. These fish like to get air time. We used 6wt. rods with 2x tippet. You could put some pressure on these fish to keep them in the hole. It can be difficult to hook big landlocked salmon, but even more challenging landing them in heavy water. I was pretty happy for my guest as he has spent some time from Maine to Vermont attempting to land a 20" plus landlocked salmon. Yesterday was his day. Looking forward to the next couple of weeks of fishing with BWO hatches and salmon fishing, things showed be fun. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
