a day to remember...

After a long hard day I had the itch that just needed to be scratched. As we've been anticipating; all of the obvious ingredients were there and I just had to give it a shot. It was my sons first day of first grade and I had to surprise him with yelling at him to get his boots and get in the truck the second I walked in the door. 20 minutes or so later we were on the water. Guys in the lot had limits and said there were loads of fish all day long with a slight void in the late afternoon. After about 30 minutes of no action I figured I missed the tail end of a good run. Its all time and place though... and if you stick to your guns it usually works out. We ended up hooking in to a few brutes that took us to the cleaners. Almost lost a fly line on one. We managed to land one wild Chinook (yes they're still ALL WILD For almost a month straight)...
The highlight of the evening though was my son hooking his first salmon all on his own. While it was still slow he began to complain. I was close to taking him home just to teach him a lesson. Sure enough while he was pouting and whining his line pulled tight and just in front of me a coho instantly did a complete aerial shot slapping its head... freekin sick!!! He was speechless... it was about a five second hook up as the coho must of not given any chance to set the hook from the way it struck... what a time. He was fine with losing the fish which made me happy and he didn't pout again even when it was time to leave..

Port was loaded just before dark... its just about time id say. I scent tuna a few pics of the adventure...no one upstream or downstream in sight. .can't get much better than that... a staple in my mind forever even though it was no where near the hottest action I've ever had...sorry for the novel just figured I'd share...

Remember, its all about time and place. Don't expect to come up and have fish at your feet

I will say folks , the pictures were great and show the true perspective from a proud fathers view.
A great way to share memories with your children . Many more years to come, teach him well ..
Don't blame you one bit if chose to close your salmon season. It seems it has been a good one for you and every post was accurate.
Time and place says it all ..
Thanks for sharing Andy :)

Glad you got 
 http://www.youtube.com/wa...amp;v=b-z7uN9OjyI#t=19
there.
 
Hope to get to stumble around for a couple hours Tues morning.
Still coldish at night but warmer that day it seems.

Bear you should have plenty in your neck of the woods next weekend. Bob, I'll let you know what the port looks like Monday evening

Sorry for the difficulty posting a YouTube link.
 
We have added a button to the editor you see when you post to include a YouTube video (the last button on the bottom).
 
What is not apparent is that to share or embed a YouTube video, you have to use the "Share" link from YouTube for the video you want to appear. To do this, go to the Video on YouTube, then below the video, select the "share" link and copy and paste that link into your post. 
 
It should work, and here is the video that twobob posted to:
 

    Thats the best getting into fish with your son. My son is waiting for the day when I say let's go. He's been coming with me for the past three years or so and thats the best feeling seeing him land some fish. Best of luck on your next journey.

Hey Andy -congrats on another great trip with your son. Glad the boots are working for him.
  Was OUT for a day or two here and tried a few things and suddenly- back IN. Thought I might have to become R2G2 or something  lol.
  Cant wait to get back up- darned 'new' house is a month or so late and moving ( hope) in bout 2 weeks- next week for a quick trip ??? Either that or another 3 or 4 or more -darn.