daytripper wrote:
You have to wear stream cleats of some kind to fish the Salmon River. Which is
a damned good idea if you don't want to put your ass on the line while wading.

While fishing a the steelie water a couple hundred yards down from the
Altmar bridge, I actually hooked and landed a Korker, right foot, size
M. I have no information as to whether or not the original owner was
in it at the time it became part of the river bottom.

Maybe it's just me, but the river seemed much more slick this year. I
can usually dance around with Korkers on my boots, but I felt damned
insecure this year, even at those modest conditions. I'm fairly sure I
still have all my studs. I was told the river has been unusually low
this year because of work on the NIMO dam. Maybe that's had an effect
on the bottom growth and the resultant slipperiness. Maybe it's
because I gave my wading staff to the offspring. Maybe I'm just
getting to be an old guy.

Joe F.