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Wallace River Report
Snohomish County, WA

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10/29/2012
61° - 65°
Coho Salmon
Mostly Sunny
All Day
10/30/2012
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It was My Wife and I's Anniversary yesterday, and HER idea was to skip work and go fishing.. OK!! She's a Keeper!!
we got a later start than my normal timing due to getting our kid ready and off to school so mom and dad could spend some quality time together...

I knew the river was blowing but this is the day we had so we made the best of it..
we checked out a few places on the wallace behind the hatchery and down and it was up high, the hatchery holding pond was LOADED with coho and i even saw a couple big nice stealheads..

We finally landed over by the tracks down from the mouth and walked the tracks in to the tressel.. holy moly! the river was up.. I was there saturday and it was night and day, the trail was under water even, we actually walked down the underwater trail and started to head towards the mouth using this route, but the current was moving fast and it was just to deep to wade in. in fact we went a little to deep and almost got swept in (scary moment on video).. dumb idea by ME!! I wont make that mistake again.. We saw a few chum roll under the tressel so we decided to stay here for a bit.. we fished floats and jigs and floats and eggs.. no takers and I finally ran out of eggs.. so we had some hot homemade chicken soup that i made the night before and relaxed for a few next to the raging river before moving on.
We then left and checked out the sky on the way out.. it was RAGING! i saw big trees coming down the river.. cool site..
we headed around looking at a few more spots for signs of fish and didn't see enough to drop lines in anymore.. but the adventures were fun getting to those spots.. little muddy but fun..

fishing to me is about getting out in nature and for that and the natures destruction and effect we saw, it was a great day! the adventure with the wife with out our kid in tow was real nice for a change..

PIC: on our way out down the tracks i heard the train! I been wanting to get this shot for video for a while.. so look for it in a soon to be video..




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tele_maniac
10/30/2012 6:18:00 PM
Sounds like a great day with the wife. Really want to catch fish, but I also enjoy just getting out on the river.
LiveAsYouWill
10/30/2012 6:24:00 PM
it's fully BLOWN out! was past the tressle casting and saw a poor guy fall into ditch on way to get to mouth. Reckon that's what happens when off of 30Kcfps down to 15 and back up again. had fun and lost two chum. smoker sets lonely.
schu7498
10/30/2012 6:25:00 PM
Oh man that is gonna be a sweet shot! I've been tempted to that with my go pro but never had the guts. thanks for the report!
BentRod
10/30/2012 6:55:00 PM
And I thought I was luck to have a wife that just LIKES fishing....but to suggest to go on your anniversary?! Awesome. Sounds like you made the most of it and look forward to the train shot! Sweet!
Happy Anniversary to you and Mrs. Oneshot.
riverbound
10/30/2012 8:54:00 PM
happy anniversary! sounds like a fun one. can't wait to see that footage!
The Quadfather
10/30/2012 8:57:00 PM
Yes, please get that video posted. cAnt wait to see if you slow it down, or what you do?
oneshot
10/30/2012 10:24:00 PM
thanks ya'll.. lucky.. ;)

I saw a 30 foot tree, branches and all coming down the sky.. like the whole freeking tree! the sky was angry :) never been that close o the rivers when they came up over the day.. it was obvious how much it all came up while we were there.
jumpinjim
10/31/2012 9:58:00 AM
(All in the voice of Crocodile Dundee)


You think that's blown out, that ain't blown out, this is blown out!


Sunset Falls @ 65k cfs




Bridge at Confluence @ 65k cfs




I limited out that day... 3 sets of soiled undies in under an hour.
oneshot
10/31/2012 10:41:00 AM
so you can just use HTML tags here huh?..... even tho they say its not allowed but JJ does it all the time.? :)

Testing:
LiveAsYouWill
10/31/2012 12:52:00 PM
sweet photo-share, JJ! that IS -blownin out-! sitting east of Skykomish now, river is ripping hard now. good for cleaning out the snags and adding new ones!
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