Went down to the Skookumchuck River yesterday afternoon with my buddy Robb. It was a beautiful sunny day with some high scattered clouds. The water was pretty murky from the previous rain. Over all the fishing was pretty slow; however, I did better than most around us (2/3). Since my friend had never been to the Skookumchuck I took him to the red gate. We drift fished single pink corkies. I hit a fish on my third cast. Feisty little hen went airborne after about twenty seconds and spit the hook. About twenty minutes later I hooked and landed a nice fat buck with a little color (approx. 8-10 lbs). He put up a good fight. We fished there for about 45 minutes after that. My buddy had a couple bumps but no hook-ups. We moved to another spot a few hundred yards up river. Snagged a low hanging branch and lost my corky after a few casts. Changed up and put on an orange, pink and green corky. Hit a nice big double punch hen on my second or third cast (approx. 12-15 lbs). She put up a good fight. Made a couple of epic runs. After she tired out my buddy had a hard time trying to net her because my net wasn't big enough! LOL! Thankfully, another guy with a bigger net came over to help and netted it for us. My buddy fished for another hour, unfortunately he didn't hook-up. Only saw four or five other fish caught while we were there, so I feel pretty lucky to have limited. The only way it could have been a better day would have been if my buddy hooked up too. Maybe next time. Tight lines...

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