wow - what a difference a week makes.... fished about 1 mile south of Snohomish from 3-5:30 and boy was it S L O W. i saw just a handful of coho jumping, but the river was so quiet compared to just a few days ago. several boats went by and none that i spoke to had any action. none.

just as well, since last night i spooled up some new ultragreen line and today encountered the dreaded line twist issue. I lost some tackle trying to untangle my line, then did some casting practice with a just a lead weight as I tried to straighten the line out. I'm pretty sure I spooled it properly - i laid the spool on the floor and had the line coming off counter-clockwise onto my spinning reel which turns clockwise (viewed from above). i'm pretty sure that's correct, but i still got some twist. was able to work most of it out in about 30 minutes and got in some good casting practice..... lol.

so where are all the coho?? are they waiting for rain? upriver already? anyone else on the sno/sky have better luck today?

i was fishing on an incoming tide and there was very little current, which may be part of the problem. it seems i've had more action just before or shortly after a low tide when the river is flowing downstream. wondering if that's a truism or just coincidence.

comments suggestions appreciated. better fishing days to come i hope!!