We came down Monday afternoon and then on Tuesday we went fishing on the Russian River. Scott's boss's family was down for a family reunion and they let us tag along for fishing. They had a pretty decent day. Scott wasn't sure how to set up his fly pole because fishing on the Russian and the Kenia Rivers aren't like any fishing I've ever seen! They call it 'Combat Fishing' because you can be shoulder to shoulder with other fishermen. Also, its not a 'Cast and Reel In' kind of fishing either. I would call it more of a 'Snag and Drag'. You throw your line out, which has a weight and then some leader line with a lure/hook, and then you let it drift for like 5 seconds and you jerk it out and hope you snag a salmon in the mouth. (You have to snag it because they don't really chase the lure so you won't really get a bite.) Scott snagged a salmon with his first cast after lunch but it wasn't a mouth snag so he had to let it go. After that he wasn't having the best of luck for awhile, but then me being the friendly person I am, had a nice chat with an older guy from North Carolina who comes back every summer to fish. He helped Scott set up his pole and land his first Alaskan salmon!
Combat fishing (and this actually isn't that crowded!)
Scott's first snag that he had to let go
The one that Scott got to keep
I didn't fish because we're still technically non-residents until Aug. 7th and I didn't want to buy a multiple day non resident tag just to fish for 2 days. We're going halibut fishing on Friday so I'm going to just buy a one day tag for Friday. Also, we only have 1 pole and 1 set of waders and I'm not going into that cold water without waders!
Me on the shore and Scott fishing
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