Some fellas from a local fishing group had brought to my attention a camping and fishing trip to New York and the Salmon River for Kings on the fly. It didn't really take me long to decide that I was going. The trip would give me and my best fishing buddy the chance at 35+ pound King Salmon on the fly. So we began tying flies and cleaning lines getting some heavy leaders and tippets, considering that it's not very often for a steelheader in Ohio that you need a 30lb leader or 18lb tippet. So finally when the day arrived we were all packed up and pumped to get there (to bad it's a 6 hour trip) so needless to say when we arrived we were ready to hit the water for as long as possible. The first day we met up with the fellas from the local fishing group and to my amazement the fish and people were lining the rivers for miles and miles. Only problem with the first day is that the fish must have developed lock jaw by the midday when we finally able to get out on the water. But that's not to say that we didn't try our hardest 6 hr car ride followed by 10 hr on the water with 1 hookup is enough to drive anyone to have some beers and apple pie moonshine (thanks Josh). But the 2nd day was a completely different story for me and Mike. We headed out to a spot on the map that picked up and walked a good 2 1/2 miles from where we parked to find a run about 1000 feet that was lined with Salmon just waiting to eat flies ;). The people were minimal and the water was swift. Once we started fishing we were consistently hooked up on fish throughout the day, and literally probably the single best fishing day of my life and will let the photos tell the rest of the story.
Can't describe the power of these fish!
CPR (catch,picture,release)
Mike with a fresh King
Estaz egg he couldn't resist
Yea baby!!!
This day was unreal!
Underwater close up!
King Kype!
Awesome fish!
Check out the chompers
Fish gun haha
Open wide
being a goof ball
Rolling
Can't get much better
Swung up the only Coho of the trip
Orvis Cover?
We stayed until dark
Well after the long day of casting and catching 25 Kings and 1 Coho we were whooped and decided to celebrate with many good beers and some more apple pie moonshine. Thanks for reading and I'll keep you updated on the many more fishing and hunting adventures that I take on!!
