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[BCfisherman97]

It's starting to get really cold and the wind did not help either. Tried a new river and first 2 hours of pounding a run that has produced well in recent trips yielded a single chum in 2 hours. We went up to another hole we had in mind but it looks like the bottom structure in the tailout changed a bit from last year. Was super shallow and the deep part at the head of the run was just too fast to get a fly down for a period of time. We saw fish moving right through but nothing holding for a long period. Kept walking up and hit a big hole and the amount of coho holding was crazy. Well, next 3 hours easily over 20 hookups and finished with some chromers to take home. Took a picture of the first one I bonked and a few others but seriously so cold. A lot of chrome wilds but most of the hatcheries seemed to have colour. Sparse patterns with a lot of flash did the trick, but twitching jigs on the outside edges of the big schools was crazy. Some of the funnest takes, and to see a fish come way out from the pod to take your fly/jig was really cool. Cold but well worth all the leg work.

[BCfisherman97]

[milo]

Good report.
I admire your tenacity.

[redtide]

nice fish bcfisherman97. I have the same pattern fly as well. Did not have the same success as you this season with it. Did you do a quick retrieve or the usual twitch and pull. Want to get 1 more outing before calling it a season. Supposed to get near freezing in the next few days as well.

[wonder]

Nothing like finding a coho pool to yourself. Nice post and fish

[brandooner]

nice work

[BCfisherman97]

Did you do a quick retrieve or the usual twitch and pull.

First I was twitching jigs but found out quickly that I would snag fish if I was putting it in the middle of the pods. After catching fish jigging beside the pods, I would cast out a but of a heavier tip and let it drop right beside the schools. I started off fishing a light tip but found I had to cast upstream and swing into the school to get down in the zone before my fly would land deep enough and beside them. The heavier tip let me cast just bellow but to the side and strip upstream and diagonal to the fish. Snagged 2 fish on gear and think I may have flossed a coho on the swing but that was before dialling into the presentation, still not bad for fishing in a run with that many fish. But fast 4 inch strips did the trick.

[Johnny Canuck]

Let me guess... The spot you fished for the pics of the three dark fish the water was running from your right to your left?

[BCfisherman97]

Let me guess... The spot you fished for the pics of the three dark fish the water was running from your right to your left?

Nope left to right

[yoda]

Think i know where you were fishing, the run where it goes from up river to down river.
Yes, it is cold on the fingers now. At least in steely season you don't have to put up with the freezing rain much.

[redtide]

thanks for the info bcfisherman97. will definately try that next time.