StoneFly Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 (edited) I couldnt believe how stained the water still was from last weekends rain, still fishable though, Fresh Run of nooks showed me a good time this morning. Smashing eggs like Steelhead. The Release, Like a torpedo after a little revival. Alot of these little guys around in the 6-10" range, nice to see for the future,.... Edited September 20, 2008 by StoneFly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 Nice fish, thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 Great report and pics StoneFly The nooks realy looks healthy Good job and thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneFly Posted September 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 This run was a fresh one and the I beleive the first this area has seen this year for nooks as i have scouted it, as well as evidenced by the amount of rainbow smolts hittin flys and roe every second drift,...lol,...what i noticed different about this year in september is the lack of chub, not a single one today, but about 25 x 6-8" rainbow smolts in 1.5 hrs. (and 2/3 on the nooks all clean and not a single snag and not a soul in site)... Anyone have any idea why a fresh run of salmon at this time of year would also see so many rainbow smolts (which is great) ... and no chub ? In the past in this locale it was usually 1 for 1 for bow smolts and chubs when the salmon first arrive? I mean, no chubs is great,..but it is better or worse for the river ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Great catch! Also got into the small rainbows on another trib this week (Lake O) but did see a few small minnow/shiner type of fish around with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 I found last week that I was getting into a lot of smaller rainbow smolts like that and it was getting to the point of irritating. Switched up to a pink worm in the faster water and started hitting 15"-20" like no tomorrow. Not only was it great fun but it also seemed like there was a REALLY healthy number of bows in the river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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