Salmon River Steelhead and Brown Trout, 02/25/11

Tony and I met this morning at Skeeter's and did a float on the Watermaster float tubes down into Pulaski.  The best way to describe the weather this morning would be brutal.  It wasn't super cold, but the wind combined with the snow made things quite uncomfortable.  We landed one small, but beautifully colored, brown trout and one small steelhead and missed a few more fish in the first half of the day. 

We decided to pull the boats out around lunch time, get a coffee and take a bit of a warm up break.  This was certainly the right decision.  We started the afternoon with warm feet, dry gloves and a refreshed outlook.  After the break, we headed into Pulaski.  Right away, I hooked and lost one real nice fish.  I did land two nice steelhead this afternoon and loast a few more.  In total, we went 4 for 10 on the day.  The memory of the lost fish always seems to stick with me longer than I would like.  We'll get 'em next time, I guess. 

Cold, snow, wind, frozen guides, wet gear, cold toes…..another great day on the SR!  Here are a couple photos from today.  Until next time.

Salmon River Steelhead and Brown Trout, 02/25/11 by Ken Hubbard

Salmon River Steelhead and Brown Trout, 02/25/11 by Ken Hubbard

Salmon River Steelhead and Brown Trout, 02/25/11 by Ken Hubbard

Salmon River Steelhead and Brown Trout, 02/25/11 by Ken Hubbard

Salmon River Steelhead and Brown Trout, 02/25/11 by Ken Hubbard
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About Ken Hubbard

I grew up in Pulaski, NY fishing the Salmon River and Grindstone Creek primarily. Stream and river fishing is where it is at for me. Hiking through the woods to get to that perfect spot and hearing the water rush by while waiting for the big guy to take the fly has a calming influence that I haven't experienced anywhere else. While I certainly enjoy casting to bass and trolling for walleye, salmon and trout, I would put on the waders, grab the fly rod and head for the river any day given the choice. Now that I have lived in the Syracuse area for the past 6 years, I have expanded my territory to local trout streams like Chittenango Creek and Nine Mile Creek. I still regularly fish my home waters and have also fished in Wyoming, Montana, Utah and of the coast off southern California. The list of fishing destinations I would like to (and more often than not, believe that I need to) visit include Argentina, New Zealand, British Columbia and Alaska to name a few!

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