Checked out one of my favorite spots today. Lots of fish were rising and moving through but they were not very much into biting, more like racing upstream. After 20min I got my first of the day, a fat 3lber. I bonked it and put it in a shallow pool nearby. As I was fishing for coho number two I noticed an eagle flying towards me, "wow" I thought, he's flying pretty low. (you know what's coming). Next thing I see is his talons come out and he grabs my coho without slowing a bit. HEY! I yell out but he's making his getaway.... when he smashes into my upright flyrod that I had proped on a boulder just past my fish. The startled eagle drops my fish and lands on a nearby branch but I recover my fish before he can figure out what just happened. I hid my fish in my vest like I usually do this time and 5min later I finally get coho number two. Nice morning out and I was the only guy around till 7am. Checked out the cable pool after but all I did there was clean up all the junk that's been left around and talk with other regular fishers. Same story from most guys- lots of fish moving through.
Good luck and be safe, it's slick everywhere.
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Topic: Capilano River, June 24th 2012: Chris 2, Eagle 0 (Read 1664 times)