As the bomb cyclone slowly approaches Vancouver Island, it will deposit heavy rain, intense damaging wind gusts, powerful waves, and heavy snow in high elevations. This morning, we knew that today might be our last season excursion.

As for fishing, it was a good call; we were dressed properly, at the river by 7:30 and left at noon. The low pressure must have signalled the salmon to move upriver as fast as they could to their spawning grounds. We could feel a major drop in temperature and winds as the morning progressed.

I used the Amundson Outdoors TCP-450 centrepin reel matched to their Cast Mob center pin rod, 10’6″medium action, 10-17 lb line weight.

I was drifting a BnR balsa sliding float to reach the various depths of the river flow. I love these floats, as the extended stems allow for easy line mending, especially during long drifts. Moreover, the larger grommets allow a very quick slide on the main line to the stopper knot.

Drifting the BnR soft beads and the Burr beads. The 16 MM Hot Snot was the hottest with the Pink Pearl, Flamingo, Mottled Natural, and the Mottled Pink. The large Burr bead NW Steelheader also took down a couple of Cohos.

Landing 12 cohos with lots of long-line releases. Let’s hope the storm doesn’t damage the spawning grounds with extreme flood waters and silt