Water flows still are at 350
CFS really. However we have had rain on and off all week, nothing heavy but
enough to create a tiny bit of run off. Being late October, an other element to
water conditions is now leaves. We have had a few days where in late afternoon
leaves have become a slight issue. However the trees seem to be slowly dropping
there leaves and the wet weather has helped keep the lease stuck to the ground.
This past week has been all
about steelhead fishing. However I would have to rate the steelhead fishing as,
technical. What I mean by this is that if you know the water well, and
understand the fish. The fishing has been very good. However for the average
fisherman the past week has been fair at best. This is very typical of late
October November steelhead fishing on the Salmon River. I have been finding
concentrates of steelhead spread out through the entire river. We have been
finding most of the steelhead hanging out where the salmon have been spawning.
For the salmon, at this point most of the salmon have already completed they’re
spawning and died off. This is not to say that there is no more salmon running
in the Salmon River. For now most of
your salmon and spawning activities will be concentrated in the up river in the
fly zones.
The fishing in West New York
has definitely picked up. Water flows are still very low, however fish are
starting to enter all the rivers and creeks. There is a mix of Salmon, Brown
Trout and Steelhead. The fishing should steadily improve as we enter the month
of November. Hopefully we will receive enough rain to bring water flows up.
Productive flies, for this
week have been a mixed bag of stuff. This year we did not have the normal
intensive spawning of salmon. We have been able to use a variety of wet flies
and intruders. Swinging flies has been very effective so far this fall. Where
we do have salmon spawning the egg bit is definitely going on. In these locations we are going back to the
basics of fishing with egg files and using our nymph fishing skills. For the
most part we have been keeping our egg patterns about a size 8, but we have had
to experiment constantly with colors.
Note;
I have dates in
November,24,26,28,29,30 available, this will be fishing for Lake run Brown
Trout and steelhead. Anyone that has any questions, Feel free to give me a call
at your convenience cell is 585-233-0436