Tom meet me at the house all dressed up for the kill. Waders, Boots and rod in hand within 20 minutes of the call . I had just enough time to fix and half eat a Ham, Cheese, Turkey with grape jelly on a biscuit. A cup of cold strong coffee to wash it down.Then on the road again to hit a couple of spot on Tom's list of spots to hit.
We hit two spots that I'm not going to tell out of concentration because Tom ask me not to tell. Both places we had the water to our self's and both looked to be great water to work.They just weren't working for us we hit until 3:30 and called it quits I had one fish on at the top of one of the runs for less than a minute, just a quick head shake then gone.
Today Friday I went into work for a short while and did a couple of quick small jobs. Work on a Buddy's car for him. Then hit the river again. First by the Oak street bridge, below Salmon Creek, then went down a little farther. On what I said to myself would be my last set of cast and then out before it starting raining even harder. I got the tug,I set the hook and away it goes, the power the pull the bent rod about twenty minutes later I'm able to put my hand around her tail, a nice 10-12 pound wild hen. I slipped the hook out of the side of her mouth and she swam away with a big tail slapping splash.
I want to mention today was the first time that I talked to the Tribal creel checker. I've got about 20 hours into the season and have only seen one on the Okanogan. He said "That he has checked a total of eight angler in the last week and a total of 9 wild and 2 hatchery Steelhead logged, but lots of Chinook".
"HELP A NEW ANGLER IF IT'S OBVIOUS THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE, "SHARE A FLY OR TWO," "POINT OUT A BETTER SPOT TO CAST," & "OFFER USEFUL TIPS"
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