My brother and I floated the lower Stilly today seeking salmon and SRCs largely travelling the river in my canoe, and wading to fish. The water was quite dirty, visibility was probably limited to 2 feet in the water.
On his third cast, my brother hooked a nice 16" SRC. I took 2 much smaller SRCs, and he a third. All the others were caught in tidewater, his bigger fish was above tide water. The salmon were abundant, my brother claiming 2 strikes from salmon, but quite frankly, I thought they had lockjaw. There were both well colored up humpies, and quite fresh silvers in the river. If I were going to make a recomendation for fishing right now, it would be to float the lower rivers looking for SRCs. I had a great time on the river today, and learned more about the lower river than I could have in a dozen wading only trips. Now, I just need a partner to handle the bow paddle, and a couple dozen spiders and reverse spiders in my box.
