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[zap brannigan]

Broke a rod today on the mam, chromer pink too was an idiot and high sticked my 13 foot pin Rod wasn't paying attention did land well over 40 pinks today though.

[zabber]

Broke a rod today on the mam, chromer pink too was an idiot

Live and learn. Hopefully you have a warranty. If not, I find they are fairly easily repairable, especially if broken near the tip. Scissors and super glue does the trick; the rod is shorter, but just as strong, if not stronger. (this coming from a guy who snapped the tip of his cheapo 6wt high sticking a smaller trout in a belly boat and just used that same repaired rod to land >10 pinks on the Squamish, at least one of which was a big, fouled male).

[zap brannigan]

I'm gonna try to find a new tip section or just buy a new rod altogether.

[bigblue]

Broke a rod today on the mam, chromer pink too was an idiot and high sticked my 13 foot pin Rod wasn't paying attention did land well over 40 pinks today though.

You are not the only one. I have broken two rods in my life, and they were both on first day of pink salmon fishing. I never broke a rod in steelhead or other salmon fishing. I think the small size of pinks let us lower our guard and we get hammered for the mistake. :-)

[zap brannigan]

40-50 fish in a day as opposed to maybe a fish a trip in the steelhead season theres a better chance of breaking a rod on pinks given the numbers.

[Tee]

I broke my two 8wt fly rods in two weeks trying to grab the line to wet land pinks on the vedder two years agago.

[FishingKing]

Very high, very dirty.

[troutbreath]

Very high, very dirty.

When you come down have a bath. 

[Mr Z]

Today was the biggest gong show I've seen so far. Ridiculus number of people.

 I need to start hiking and learn the river so I can find my nice spot away from the crowd. 

[fic]

Today was the biggest gong show I've seen so far. Ridiculus number of people.

I think the Fraser Closure had some impact on it.  Can the lower Squamish even fit all the Fraser River anglers?

[Mr Z]

I think the Fraser Closure had some impact on it.  Can the lower Squamish even fit all the Fraser River anglers?

Yeah good point, I haven't thought about that. I'm sure that made a difference.

[JPW]

Today was the biggest gong show I've seen so far. Ridiculus number of people.

Zero vis and a million people = some very poor practices. I saw very few fish that weren't obviously snagged, the ones that didn't hit the the sand and rocks tail first were likely flossed. Fly or gear didn't matter, most people were casting heavy presentations 90 degrees to the lane of travel.  Also, loved the irony of a guy dragging a pink in by the hump and his buddy asking "what you using?", the reply "<insert random fly/lure>, they are smashing it."

I hear DFO has been handing out tickets for poor fish handling lately; they could have paid for this years overtime if they came by today.

[bunnta]

today was quite dangerous. the bar quickly submerged underwater. almost barely made it back to land, wonder how the rest of the guys did. i managed to get a couple of nice chrome fish in the middle of all those.....pinks....literally.......chaotic fishing. seal come by, or someone spook a school.......god i hate it when they all bolt towards your path of your fly.

[kosanin kosher salt]

Has the water got dirty with the increase of water ? Would it be wise to head out there tomorrow or better to wait a couple days .
Thankyou

[Mr Z]

Has the water got dirty with the increase of water ? Would it be wise to head out there tomorrow or better to wait a couple days .
Thankyou

Depend what you are looking for. Even with high dirty water people were still catching fish.

The advantage in going in a couple of days is that it won't be weekend and there would be less people. ( still lots, just not quite the same gong show)