Early salmon

[greenhornet73]

Headed up to the salmon river after work on Thursday with friends to see if we could find some early runners before the crowds arrive.  There were definitely a decent number upriver but, with the beautiful clear skies, they were not moving much.  I did manage to get lucky with a couple of hookups and landed this nice female king on a blue estaz fly, probably about 18#, and let her go to finish her mission. Lots of mosquitoes with this warm water so be prepared.