Half-day with the Spey

My internet has been down since the first of many thunder storms that has passed thru.

So now I have to play catch up.

Sockeye on the Okanogan.

         After working half a day I was going to go up on Salmon Crick to fish, Then I remembered that the Okie was open to Chinook (2) per day and Sockeye (4) a day. So I headed home checked the river levels and grabbed the Spey.      2870 cfs and falling temp bathtub warm @70.

    Now to find a spot that I could wade into without being sweep away down to Brewster. Riverside was out of the question, so was the Arrowhead hole, but down river just above the PUD hole, the spot I found last Steelhead season just might be the spot.  Bingo I’m in water is a bit high but manageable with just shorts and a shirt on under a slight overcast day I was swinging a fly into the just off colored water. Pitching it out 12 to 15 feet from shore let it swing in to maybe 4 with a Scandi line and medium weighted fly on a 10ft leader a medium fast retrieve. I had to change out a couple of times after maybe ten swings until I found the color and speed they wanted.

    First Sock was maybe 5lbs. ugly SOB and I let it go the next one was better looking and a bit larger let it go too. Not something I really want to put on the BBQ.

Then a big cloud blew in and I lost the bite after swinging for another 45 minutes.  I headed home.

The coolest thing is that I could see the schools of fish swimming by. Every once in a while I could see and hear a Chinook break the surface. And above all I need to go play with the Spey more often I love that stick.

                              Now I’m thinkin about getting me a Trout Spey.