First Time There

I will be coming up in a week. This will be my first time at the Salmon River and wonder if anyone can suggest a good place to start. Hopefully somewhere with easy access and marked well so that I don't have to worry about posted land.

Thanks in advance,

buff

Salmotrutta,
 
I will be there a half day saturday, full day sunday, and another half monday. I have my fly rod with me and have been considering steel.
 
Thanks in advance
 
Dipsee

ORIGINAL: dipseediver

I will be coming up in a week. This will be my first time at the Salmon River and wonder if anyone can suggest a good place to start. Hopefully somewhere with easy access and marked well so that I don't have to worry about posted land.

Thanks in advance,

buff

Don't know which week your going? but I'll be there the 16th and 17th, would be happy to show you around either way get a map everything is easily accessed then just watch the flow, you'll see the runs and path of the flow.. the only question is what species?  that would dictate your fly line and tippet/leader, oh yeah! and what flies to use. I've had much success in the ball park!  don't get dissapointed if you hook a few and loose them...thats half the fun of learning to land them!  Good luck!  send me a PM if ya wanna hook up

Salmotrutta,
 
I have your setup exactly. I talked with a local and he set my up with a map and a few fishing holes to try just off of 81 around Pulaski. Of course the next question I have is about shot. The rules say they prohibit the sale of lead but I did not see anything about the use of lead. Which do you use?
 
dipsee

Yep- what PA said. I use dinsmores egg shot. Last time up I used 1 or 2 AAA's depending on the slot. I was fishing close so I needed it to get the fly down to the fish in a hurry.
Gottum helped me get zero'd in.

Thanks for the help guys.
 
I hit the water today and did not even see a fish. Hopefully tomorrow will be different.
 
thanks,
buff
 

pa was that you in burger king who spilt his soda on tues.? or was that another pa regular?

It was n't me,I have n't been in a Burger King lately or Pulaski.

Well guys,
 
I hit this river for 2 days and did not see a fish. For that matter I did not see anyone catch a fish. The water flow was 500 when I was there. I do not know is this made a difference. The Salmon is big water and I plan fishing it again the weekend after thanksgiving.
 
dipsee

dipsy i believe you! when we were up last tues and wed., not much was happening for all who were fishing up and down the whole SR. Tues I only seen a few pros using centerpins catch&release a few steelies and one brown. That day I only had two hits and missed both using my pretied orange brown eggs. Rumor then was use dark streamers patterns such as a woolybug leech pattern etc. and for sacks the color blue seemed to be the preferred. That night at the motel I tied a few doz blue sacks and although it was tough fishing,managed to hook-up a couple before 11am at the trestle pool. Later in the day my partner and I didn't get one hit at that blackhole at sportsmans pool one juvenille steelies like 7 inches ( town bridge was off limits posted) ended the day just below rt 2 bridge and managed to land 1 nice steelie and a small solid battle out of 4 total hits in that spot before the sun set and it was time to head home. I thought someone snapped a picture of me looking at the website of the fisherman in waders with the cap on fishing, the steelhead 2007 picture, that guys silhouette profile shot very much amazingly resembes me.