Remarkable day on the Miramichi.
We started the morning slow with 2 salmon and although no one was fishing during the day we saw a number of fish moving through. Our current clients are non-fisher folk just enjoying the river. I provided some basic lessons and expect to see them give it a try during their stay.
All heck broke loose in the evening, the river was full of fish there were fins everywhere. I personally lost (1) grilse, then landed (2) salmon then hooked into a very large salmon who obviously realized I was working him into dead water and he made a run for the rapids breaking my backing line. As I went for the boat to try and find my line down river, the fish went by me up stream through the rapids again. Fishermen in a canoe down river recovered my line with leader & fly still attached plus about 10 ft. of broken backing line. I raised at least a dozen fish all on a (3/4 size green bomber with white tuffs.)
Bandit was waiting at the door when I came off the river, she is around all day and quite social but still wild.
PS: If the boys from the cottage had of looked behind them when they were out canoeing at dusk they would have seen a large moose standing in the river.
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