Her first salmon

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 2:42 pm

Here's a shot of my daughter with her first pink salmon, caught on a fly tied by her proud papa near the mouth of the Oyster River on Vancouver Island, B.C. This trip was part of her college grad present. Boy is she happy, and so was I ...

Ji in Hawaii · Post by **Ji in Hawaii** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 2:49 pm

A picture tells a thousand words, and your daughter's smile tells a thousand more. Thanks for sharing proud papa.

Dave B · Post by **Dave B** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 2:51 pm

Congratulations to you daughter for both finishing school and her first catch. She looks just as happy as you do proud.
Thanks for sharing,

Dave B

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 3:39 pm

Very cool, congrats all around, thanks for sharing.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:02 pm

Very, very cool......Be sure to get her out on the Rogue a few times

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:04 pm

Thanks guys. Blaine, I 'd love to get her out on the Rogue, but she is just starting her Ph.D. at Iowa State, and Ames is a little beyond commute distance to Oregon ...

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:11 pm

Bill in Oregon wrote:Thanks guys. Blaine, I 'd love to get her out on the Rogue, but she is just starting her Ph.D. at Iowa State, and Ames is a little beyond commute distance to Oregon ...

Has the river changed much since they took that last dam out?

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:29 pm

Blaine, it might be ocean conditions or feed stocks, but we are seeing better runs, and we have more summer steelies at the hatchery than since the year 2,000 for this time of summer.

olyinaz · Post by **olyinaz** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:48 pm

Friends Call Me Ji wrote:A picture tells a thousand words, and your daughter's smile tells a thousand more. Thanks for sharing proud papa.

+1!

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:57 pm

Bill in Oregon wrote:Blaine, it might be ocean conditions or feed stocks, but we are seeing better runs, and we have more summer steelies at the hatchery than since the year 2,000 for this time of summer.

I might have to come down and try to drown myself in the drift boat

Right there at Rattlesnake Riffle, and Sharkstooth/Canopener is a real bear.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 6:18 pm

Way to go! Great pic!

crs · Post by **crs** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:17 am

Congratulations on a very special time for your family.

My daughters graduation trip was a Montana elk hunt; many great memories come from these times.

Ironwood · Post by **Ironwood** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:34 pm

Ditto what Ji said. Photos like that one sort of rub off on you, lifts your spirit.

Batman1939 · Post by **Batman1939** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:45 pm

Congratulations to the both of you! What a way to spend some time with your kid !!! Best wishes for your daughter's further success in her graduate program. Thanks for sharing your "moment".

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:37 pm

Spectacular!

WCF3030 · Post by **WCF3030** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:24 pm

Way cool!!!

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:58 pm

Excellent! Congratulations!!!

M. M. Wright · Post by **M. M. Wright** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 6:22 am

Beautiful fish! Should eat good too.

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:20 am

that's a chromer.

Awesome times.

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:28 am

Classic! A beautiful fish, caught in a gorgeous setting, on a fly rod with a fly tied by yourself, and all within the context of a memory-making, father-daughter time together. At times like that, life can hardly get better.

Whit Spurzon · Post by **Whit Spurzon** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 6:39 pm

Down my way it ain't even a Pink/Humpy year... I think... Been a while since I throw'd some flies at em.

What fly was it?

Looks like around here the Chinook/King season will be better than most in recent times. Won't take em on a fly though. Hard to beat the excitement of hauling in a Coho/Silver on a surface fished streamer... May have already missed them in the Salt. Been seeing them hammering Herring whilst out paddling my Canoe fetching my crab pots.

Inspiring picture. Have to check the regs and maybe throw the #7 in the Canoe next time out.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:25 am

Whit: It would have been the simple pink handlebar in the upper right of this photo that caught the vast majority of our pinks. I know the runs are bigger in odd numbered years, so I hope to go back in 2013.

.45colt · Post by **.45colt** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:16 am

Awsome.

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Whit Spurzon · Post by **Whit Spurzon** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:51 am

Thanks Bill, I will be tying a few of those. Is that about a size 4 hook?

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:42 am

Whit, no, sizes 6 and 8, Tiemco 9394 streamer hook.

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