Hit the Snohomish near the 522 bridge for the 3rd day in a row, and finally hooked into some fish. Arrived at the river at around 5:30pm and waded way on out into the river (only to discover I had a hole in my Hodgeman's). There weren't as many people on the river, as it was a bit stormy. As it got closer to 6:30 the dark clouds really rolled in and it started to get damn windy. It was making small crests on the river the wind was pushing so hard, thought the wind was going the opposite direction of the current which made keeping the line tight a bit tricky at times.

The previous two days that I was here, the fish were rolling and jumping like crazy, although they seemed a bit finicky as I didn't get a single bite and not many people around me were hooking fish, although they were everywhere. Well yesterday there was hardly any action from the fish at all. I think the storm quited them down a whole lot, as I didn't see any rolling or jumping at all till around 7:30 when things finally calmed down. By that point I was pretty much the only one still left at the river as everyone had left earlier when it started raining sideways. I tried several methods of fishing: Pink/White jig with shrimp under a slip float. Custom pink squid jig that I made with the 'twitch twitch reel' action on the bottom. Corky's and yarn. Buzzbomb.

The last 30 minutes were amazing though. I finally got a grasp on my area, and started to cast towards a submerged tree stump that I found. Hooked up first cast behind the stump. Strong fight for about 10 minutes until he spit the hook. 2 casts later I hooked into another hen and landed her 15 minutes later. About 10 minutes after that I hooked into another fish that stripped line like a dancer strips clothes. Ended up spitting the hook after several wild jumps. This fish was seriously pissed off. Oh, I hooked all three fish on the custom pink squid jig that I made by simply cutting open pink squids and superglueing them on hot pink 1/2" oz jig heads....all from Ted's in Lynnwood. They seem to work good. Two years ago I ended up selling a bunch of them to guys at the river as they were working when nothing else was. Give it a try!

All in all I'm glad I endured the storm, as that last 30 mintues made everything worth it. Am heading back out in my Jon boat today to see what I can do.

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