After success on the Magalloway in the spring, Karen and I headed up again in August to see what we could hook up with during the summer doldrums.
I was jonesing to hit a couple of holes we had found, especially since the river had the best flow during this time ensuring plenty of well oxygenated water
I pulled out a nice 16 inch salmon first. Karen was too far downstream to get up for a camera shot so I figured I’d try to take a picture of it myself and started trying to simultaneously dig my camera out of its case and attempt a clean release of the fish.
Well after much fumbling and wishing for an extra hand, the release won out and no picture was taken. Next time I’ll grab a quick in the net shot—lesson learned. A little later I did managed to get Karen to capture a little brook trout on film though. Shortly after that the rain started heavy so we donned the rain gear and beat it back to camp. We’ll be back…I like this river.
