CRAZY SUNDAY

The fall is more and more visible over NH. Salmon time! The broodstocks are in the river, but from what I've seen they are smaller than last year.

Today I combined nymphs and streamers for some of the biggest fish I've caught this season. It all started with a smallmouth bass that found my cotton candy streamer too sweet, and just a little bitter at the end. Probably my personal record for smallmouth on the fly.

Than the broodstock salmon started to hit. A huge number of attacks, most of them without touching the fly, but only 3 got in the net, plus one lost in the fight. I think they are not used yet to hit a moving target.

I know some of the attacks came from trout, such this colorful brown

This was my candy box of the day:

Then I had to change location. Just as I started to feel better, my friends from the dam started to let the water go. I wish Fish and Game could do something to make the water release schedule more fisheman-friendly. I know there are a lot of people that drive for more than an hour just to catch the king, and it's extremely frustrating when they start to release the water and the fish stop biting.

I think I got even with Dwayne after I landed this strong, jumpy rainbow. I wish he was there so I could see my face in a picture.

The last fish of the day was the biggest, a big fat landlocked salmon who made my reel scream at the highest pitch I've heard it yet.

It was 2:30 pm and that was the moment I realized that I haven't touched food or water from 7 o'clock in the morning....