brandon4455
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Late report, yesterday i went salmon fishing again this time with my dad and grandpa, we arrived at the river around 8:30 this time i was prepared, i had tied 4 peach colored glo bugs and had all the weight i needed, arrived at my favorite slot and started casting. about the 15-20th cast i had a quick hook up with a darkie didin't hold for long but got my hopes up.. kept casting and about 7-8 minutes later i hooked up! fish plowed my glo bug! fought the fish for about 12 minutes then tailed it, popped the hook out,took a picture then released it, this fish was very dark and getting into spawning mode, never seen em that low down before that dark.. from lack of rain i guess. this was the first chinook on the fly for me and was also my first salmon on a fly i tied. i went 2 more hours without a hookup so i returned to the previous slot. within 10 mintues i had a bite so it set the hook and it felt like a snag.. but about 2 seconds after that it started moving and took off downstream and i knew it was a big fish.. i was palming the spool lightly and holding on for dear life, running up and down the rocks trying to keep up with the brute, it dragged me around the holeon a 10lb test leader for approx 15-20 minutes before making a run into the rocks and popping the hook out.my heart sunk.. i was able to see the fish 3 times and a few family members that were there (6 of us) estimated the fish to be 30-35 lbs my arm felt the burn from that thing! one of the biggest nooks ive ever hooked..if i had a 9/10wt would have been in better shape. but it was a good day landed 1 hooked the 2 others.. peach glo bugs are killing them, i was the only person out of 6 other people that hooked fish will post a pic later this evening, pops forgot to send it to me last night so i have to wait until he gets off work
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