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Fishing
the Salmon River in Upstate NY - 10-02-07
While sitting at my desk on Monday in Saratoga Springs, NY on Monday and knowing
that I was missing The Montauk Blitz in a big way, I wondered how I could
participate in Mother Nature's Fall Fish Dance and take one of my "places
to fish in the world" off of my to-do-list. I called the Yankee Fly
shop ( www.fishthesalmonriver.com
), was lucky to book a great guide John Kopy
( http://www.littlejohnjustfishes.com/
) for the
next day who happened to have someone cancel (karma), met the guide at 3:30am,
reserved our spot on the river at 4 am and wet the lines at sunrise (NY law on
that water). I probably caught 15 fish, but because the fishing is not
technically challenging (drifting egg fly pattern in same pool about 50 feet
long) I was done by around 10am. These fish are huge, a great fight even on an
8wt fly rod and have great color. This is about as close to being in Alaska as
you can get within 6 hours of NYC. Definitely recommend it to anyone. Carpe
Pesce! Tight Lines!
JN
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