Glad you got out and connected even if they came off for the most part. We have fish down here in Rachacha, Saturday I had one hello and goodbye with the explosion of bright at the surface that confirms steel, and about 15 minutes later, a second light take that I hit 4 or 5 times hard, to be greeted by a flyline-long run downstream and a lot of surface thrashing in the riffs across the river from me. As I was standing on a large rock that does not forgive jumps or missteps when excuted by the aging, I tried to work the fish back up, and she was coming along nicely, when she took another downstream run and crossed back to my side, nearly to shore where she did a quick spin and came unbuttoned. Only saw one other fish hooked by a pinner on Saturday. Yesterday I only got a couple of hours, but I need the exercise so I took the 1/2 mile hike into the gorge, but just for the exercise. Saw one caught on the other side by a pinner, almost no one down there, though. Still a lot of salmon around, males that are showing but there was a pile of fresh eggs on the landing for the stairs up by the plant. Also saw two chromers slashing shad at the surface. Maybe we'll get lucky and get a thaw for thanksgiving!
Be careful out there if you are driving, it looks a lot like Christmas outside my window already.
L13