It has been hot! Way too hot
for the month of September. Going into the upcoming week, weather conditions
appear to be improving. At this point we definitely can use some serious wet
weather. Over the Labor Day weekend, the water release on the Salmon River was
bumped up to 750 CFS for white water recreational use. Normally this water
release will trigger a run of salmon. But with the hot weather and water
temperatures, water temperatures in the low to mid 70s only an hand full of
salmon came into the river. Hopefully the weather forecast is accurate and we
receive some rainfall over the weekend. As of now I think all the salmon need
is an excuse to run. As of now the fishing is happening in the morning from
first light to mid morning, while the air and water temperatures are still
cool. With the low numbers of salmon in the river as of this time it is best to
concentrate your efforts in the lower river and cover as much water as
possible. The most consistent action has been in the Douglaston salmon run
{DSR} portion of the river. For flies: we are using willing buggers in our
favorite salmon fishing colors of Black, Brown copper, olive, and small
intruders style flies.
The trout fishing, water
flows in all of our streams and creeks are now very low. As for the bug
activity, other than the window of opportunity being very early morning and not
lasting long. Once again all this heat has left its mark. Not much has changed
with the trout fishing.
Up coming spey casting clinic on the Salmon River, there is still room available
for October 3 Saturday, starting
time 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Meet at 2.A fishing excess parking
My guidebook remains open,
and there is still of prime days available for
September I
have 17, 19,20, open.
October
dates 9,17,21,23,29,30 for both salmon fishing and steelhead fishing.
November
dates 28,29,30 Open. This is Brown trout and steelhead fishing. Note; Rick Smith, many of you already
know Rick, Will be available to do trips on the Salmon River and the surrounding
Creek for steelhead.
December
remains wide open, this can be an interesting month to fish with lots of
opportunities and light fishing pressure.
If you have any questions
please feel free to contact me cell 585-233-0436
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