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Subject: Re: Fishing in two weeks

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Date Posted: 10:13:10 09/22/01 Sat
In reply to: Mark 's message, "Fishing in two weeks" on 17:22:00 09/21/01 Fri

>I'm hoping to get a honest opinion. I will be
>traveling from Maine in two weeks and want to know
>what to expect as far as the fishing?!!!So far the
>reports I've seen their have been no "major" runs so
>far. Can I hope to get into some fish? I'm pretty
>knowledgable of the river and surrounding streams. But
>am bringing two newbees with me and hope to get them
>in some fish. One more question and Randy Jones can
>probably answer best. Has anyone fly fishing tried to
>fish more traditionally with no split shot and using
>sink tips or sinking lines. I got some SA saltwater
>sink tip for stripers and it sinks like a rocket I
>think like 7 inches or more a second (425 grain) will
>this maybe work? Just wondering. Thanks for any info
>and tight lines to all. Mark

Mark, I just got back from fishing the Salmon River Sept 17, 18, 19, 20. There is not a huge ammount of fish in the river just yet ( not a huge ammount of anglers either) but there were enough fish around to keep things interesting. Each morning in the lower end of the river there were fresh fish moving through but not huge numbers of fish (you really had to work for your fish). I would guess that in two weeks things should pick up considerabally not only in the number of fish but also in the number of people that are fishing for them. Fishing with a sink tip or full sinking line can be a productive method of catching salmon but key is to find a non- crowded area of the river where you can make a backcast and drift / swing without hooking 10 other guys. This is indeed possbile but in my honest opinion it won't be possible in two weeks espically if you are there on a weekend. Try mid week and do some hiking away from the parking areas. Good luck.

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Re: Fishing in two weeks	Randy Jones	14:56:24 09/22/01 Sat