I will again rate this as a 4 because it was my second Silver and the first time I have ever caught a fish “drift fishing” I fished the Stilly just downstream of Sivana. On my walk to the river I passed a fellow fisherman carrying a Silver so I asked him what they were biting on, he told me that a brass Dick Nite hard worked for him this past week. Upon my arrival at the river I found many fishermen all bunched up at the bend. There was plenty of room just upstream above them so that was my spot. I tied a sliding dropper with about 8” line to the weight and a 4’ leader with a #1 brass Dick Nite. This spot is great as it has sand/gravel bottom with no rocks to slip on, I wadded out started my slight upstream cast and let the set up drift. There were lots of fish jumping. Within ½ hour I had my fish on which put up an average fight. Right after I dragged her onto the shore she came off the hook. The hook was bent, I was very lucky to get this fish in. I landed a bright hen with 1 pound of eggs in her which are no curing for Steelhead. I filleted her and made a mesh of that as this the first fish I have filleted in over 30 years and the first Salmon. My fillets weighed 3 pounds, 1 pound of eggs; I left a lot of good meat on the fish. The was fish at least seven pounds.

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