Pat Brookes with Jake and a beautiful chrome King!

WATER TEMPERATURE AND CLARITY: 

The water started out clear and dropping this week. Rain on Monday and Tuesday brought the river up a good 8 inches and things got murky. Right now, were back on the drop with clarity improving every day. 

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 

Rain and wind early followed by dry overcast days. 

HOT FLY OF THE WEEK: 

Beau Brooks’ pink cupcake (patent pending)

HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK:

The return of the chum!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: 

“The next cast is going to be a no nonsense I promise” 

COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK:

With a rising river and great group of no-nonsense anglers this week was all about the salmon fishing for us at the Lower Base Camp. The first couple days were heavily King focused. Several big bright fish were landed every day. As the week progressed, we began targeting Chums in our upper river. A Handful of days the Chum fishing was absolutely lights out. Some of our guests had never fly fished before and chaotic doubles on hard pulling Chums was a great introduction. The Sockeye have begun to march and were looking forward to fishing for them. While we didn’t do much trout fishing this week, we know they are out there waiting for us as soon as the water starts to warm up and clear up. With the fishing really starting to pick up it’s a great time of the year to be on the river. 

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Pat Brookes with Jake and a beautiful chrome King!