Took my daughter out for the first time yesterday and to avoid crowds so she could learn to cast, I took her up to PegLeg and it's large expanse.
We got there 7:00am and were the only people there, with the exception of a fellow tenting up river. What a change from the Sockeye gong show!! Without all the people, Pegleg is a very scenic spot.
Fished the lower bar for a while and didn't see many fish, but then went up river quite a ways (around the bend where the water slows and deepens). Lots of Chum jumping, rolling etc. Loaned my daughter my hip waders and out into the very slow moving water she went. The Chum were all around her. One jumped about 10 feet from her and scared the heck out of her.
She was float fishing. I was setting her line up, and throughout our day, put on wool of different colours, spinners, single Jensen eggs. But no bites - not that she could feel anyways.
I was tossing lures, but due to no waders and low water conditions, I couldn't really get out to where the fish were , so nada for me as well.
There were 4 fellows from Scotland tossing Spey rods and only one managed to hook up with a Chum, although it got off.
So, Chum are there, but good luck landing one. Oh, and I didn't see one single Chrome Chum the whole morning...