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October Salmon Watch Video

Have you ever had a dream that you are late for something important? Not just a few minutes late a couple hours. I woke up to that dream a half hour before my alarm went off. What a relief!! Walking out into the 27degree morning air I climbed into the truck and headed to pick up Luke. After getting gas and a cup of java we were northbound in search for big salmon. For the past week and a half I have been getting calls asking/telling me that I had to get up and fish for these monsters before the season closed. I finally made it up this past Saturday with a friend of mind. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day sunny and mid fifty’s which, might sound cold to those of you in other areas of the world but it was a break for us up here in the northeast. We arrived to the river with a light fog hovering above the surface; the cool morning air chilled our bones as we walked 500 yards down stream to find ourselves a salmon nirvana. Fishing was slow for the first half hour as the sun crept its way above the tree line, Luke was quick to tie on an olive green cone head woolly bugger and had a fish on after his second cast. After netting the fish we snapped some photos and life was good. I stuck with my traditional 2 nymph rig, a prince followed by a size 22 miracle nymph. This paid off once the sun hit the water and warmed things up. “Fish on, there he is, you’ve got to be kidding me” were the common phrases for the next couple hours. Luke and I could not keep them off our lines. 90% of all fish were males with bulging jaws and brilliant colors. And just as quick as it turned on it switched off and the fish were no longer taking. Being more than satisfied we

decided to pack up and head home. Driving through the North Maine woods, the sun lit up the nearly gone fall foliage. Hints of yellow, orange and red traced the sky line as we passed by flowing rivers and rolling mountains. The flyfishing was remarkable only to be surpassed by the country they thrive in. My dreams will now be filled with jumping salmon and screaming reels- I don’t care if I am late for anything.