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[jacked55]

to all the many people who helped out in giving me advice on here i wanted to say, thank you. Today i went out to the river from 0730-3pm. It might sound silly to some, but today was the first day i actually caught salmon on the vedder. i had 5 bites and landed 3, all pink does, kept 2 as 1 was not very good looking, had one coho on for a few minutes that fought like crazy before he spit the hook, what a cool experience, the fifth was a pink i lost cause it sure didnt fight like that coho.
What a different experience to actually leave after catch something,lol.
Although no one around was catching much. All day i only saw 1 coho caught, a real nice 12 ponuder.
About 5 springs were caught however, 2 by some americans that were bouncing with about 8 foot leaders and yanking back like they were going to break their rod. to each their own i guess.
I also got to fish near about 5 guys who seemed like regulars who were very knowledgeable and talkative so i got to watch and listen to some experience guys.
Great day.

[milo]

Awesome!
That's what it is meant to be.

You will be even more successful from now on.

[DionJL]

I also got to fish near about 5 guys who seemed like regulars who were very knowledgeable and talkative so i got to watch and listen to some experience guys.

That's one of the best ways to gather information. Keeping your mouth shut and just listen can lead to a lot of useful information. Once people know you're listening the tend to speak quieter or stop bragging or story telling all together.

[Dennis.t]

Cant wait till the Salmon crowds are long gone and the real sport begins.Wont be long now...

[fishseeker]

Sounds like you did great out there and if you managed to get into a coho on your first day you did brilliant.

I was out there yesterday too.   Started in the upper river fishing Roe.   My float did two nice dives but I missed both of them (#@!).   It had rained the evening before but the water clarity was good..easily three feet of vis.  For the time I was there I could see fish moving in including a very large browned up spring that was jumping repeatedly as it battled the current - an impressive sight to see.

Eventually I moved down river to do some exploring as I am off next week and will be fishing there as much as I can (..and for as long as my wife will tolerate me taking our only car  ).   Its amazing how much the sandy spots move around from year to year - places I knew of last year simply aren't there any more.    Since it was later in the day and I had passed that sweet spot in the morning for Coho I switched up to a purple jig and short floated it in some of the deeper runs where quite a few other people were fishing.   I kept my leader no more than 3 feet below the float in the deeper water and made sure the float was completely vertical in the drift.  Out of a crowd of about 30 people I could see only two others fishing this way.  

The thing that surprised me is I expected the snagging techniques to pull in more pinks because I figured they couldn't be biting much any more.  How wrong I was.   They were slamming my jig on every fourth cast or so - all humped males but they were in considerably better condition than the zombies the snagging techniques were pulling out and not a single one foul hooked.   The one guy next to me both got a Coho bottom bouncing a short leader with a colorado blade - under such conditions it is hard to know if the fish actually bit our if it was just fouled near the mouth.  Didn't look to closely.  In any case I was very happy because they they generously donated the roe to me - my wife and i made some wonderful ikura from it last night.

When first starting it is hard to know if your are getting good advice on a river like the Vedder.  The vast majority including the most "experienced" are really just using the good ol reliable long leader techniques but I think you know that already.  In my experience I have done best reading the articles on this site and talking to very helpful staff at stores like Army & Navy and Pacific Angler.   All the same, I don't always mind fishing the more crowded areas even if I don't approve of the techniques - if people are friendly and having fun its usually fun for me too.