Got to the river around 3:00 PM. I was pleased to find my favorite spot was empty but there were people fishing on the opposite side. I was using a GL medium fast action 8 or 8'6" spinning rod with 8 pound line, 1/2 ounce cannon ball, 6.5" leader and a 10mm orange corkie with orange yarn and a #2 gammie. I was really hoping to hook into a king but it was not to be. I fished long drifts caught 5 or more fish an hour until about 7 pm when I decided to pack it up. The pinks are in and they aren't hard to catch if you know what you are doing. A bit of herring scent on your yarn might help (I don't think this counts as bait).

On another note the river bank is filthy. I normally pack out way more trash than I create. Today I am going back armed with a couple of trash bags. People on the FB pages have been going nuts over this. The bottom line is that people will continue to be jerks and litter. It is up to those that really want to protect our ability to fish these popular rivers to clean up out there. It isn't right but it is what it is.

I also saw some kids in their late teens or early twenties fishing without corkies or yarn. They werent really snagging but they managed to floss a few. They saw me hooking fish and decided to keep casting straight up stream to wehere I was casting. They continually threw over me and snagged my line. I told them what they were doing wrong and offered to give them corkies and yarn and coach them on the right way to catch fish. They ended up digging out some of their own yarn and tying it on.

Tight lines everyone. Enjoy the circus out there.