Myron,

That was a great story for reading.

Sometimes the big is hitting. When I was hiking along
Inari river and Kietsima river with my wife and my elder son,
I had an experience. It was the last day and we stopped at a rapid some
15 kilometers north before leaving the river.

I was standing on a clip at the river level behind me a several
meters high rock. I had my 8 weight rod system and a bigger
black and red fly tied on a double hook.

I was casting the fly continuosly accross the river.
There was a heavy and turbulent stream next to my feet.
A small waterfall some 5 to 6 meters up from me.

Suddenly I noticed a big trout jumpin high up just down
from the waterfall. I was placing my fly right into the turbulence
down from the waterfall. And suddenly the line was tightening.

I started to reel in. My rod was bending and the line was so tight
that you could play with it. That something at the other end of the line
started to move down the stream. There was a big pool down from
me.

When the line was streigh to down from me that something
got away. I got my leadre and fly back, but not the fish,
whatever it was. That big trout I saw or possibly a salmon.

The weather was hot at that time and water level was very low.
The searun salmon was not rising up but waiting for more water.

Osmo