Another nice day here in the Pacific Northwest. No rain or snow and the fishing season is quickly coming to a close, so it’s back to the Klickitat River for another try at a trophy steelhead or salmon. There are still a few leaves on the trees, but as the wind picks up, most of them wind up on the ground.
It was foggy along the Columbia River, but clear higher up in the Cascade foothills. The Klickitat was still running pretty high, but a little clearer than last week. Still too cloudy for fly fishing, so I used a gold Thomas Bouyant spoon, that had worked before, to start out with. After a few casts, I got a solid hit, set the hook and the fight was on. After a good battle, I beached about a ten pound Chinook salmon.
A few more hours of fishing yielded nothing, so it was off to put the snow tires on the truck and take care of some chores. The weather forecast is for colder and wetter weather, but we are hoping the really nasty stuff holds off for another shot or two at those big fish.