It was the right time of the year! Sea runs are rather unpredictable but they are in the Harrison looking for salmon fry in the early part of the New Year. I anchored in some nice current where the Harrison meets the Fraser, close to shore. Up river, some nice-sized fish were ravaging schools of fry near the surface. The spashes got closer to my boat. I waited. I had a muddler pattern tied to a 14 foot 5-pound leader attached to a #2 sink clear tip, fused to a floating line. The fly would be about a foot under the surface after I cast.

They were splashing closer to shore but along side and just down river of the boat. One 45 degree cast to shore and a little down river. Let it float and sink a bit. Strip hard with 2 foot strokes! Wham! These fish fight like small coho!