Once again long days on the
river. It’s been a while since my last update. Finished up my calendar for now,
on the Salmon River. Not much has changed with the steelhead fishing. We needed
to cover a lot of water for a few hook up. At this point, the egg bites in the
lower river is about done. I have to say egg patterns are still effective, But
there’s not a lot of eggs available to get the fish keyed in. For now the most
productive technique is going to be swinging flies. There is not a lot of
steelhead concentrated in any one location. Covering water with a spey rod and
a swinging fly is the most efficient way to cover a lot of water. This is
exactly what we need to do to fine a steelhead willing to take.
Over the past week I have
made my move back home to western New York. I am now fishing for the Lake run
brown trout. Just before I made the move, we received a good shot of rain in
the western end of the lake. This rainfall amounted to about 2 inches, with out
this rainfall I would not be home fishing for brown trout. Water flow ware so
low the fish could not entered the rivers. This means the Brown trout run in
western New York got off to a late start. However once the Browns started to
come in they made up for lost time. The past week was, the week of giant brown
trout. The amount of 15 pound plus Brown trout we caught this test week was
impressive. Once again water flows have become an issue and the trout size is
becoming more normal. We need rain very badly or I suspect the brown trout run
will stall out.
For productive flies; as
usual when fishing for Brown trout in early November it is always an egg bite.
Standard egg patterns are getting it done, Nuclear role bugs in Oregon cheese
and orange, size 8 and10. Egg beaters, Orange, Chartreuse, size 10 Yellow are
getting the job done in low clear water.
NOTE:
November
dates 28,29, 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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