Squamish November 19th

once again, too wet to work, so had to head up to the Squish for a little Chum Chum action. ok, I was hoping for a couple of ho's but didn't happen. arrived Judd road at first light, one other truck there already. struck up a conversation with the fellow, Stefan, who was wielding a two handed spey. we made our way upriver to Ortho's favourite spot. real soft banks after the recent floods, a little tricky getting to the main channel. water was good, about 3 or 4 ft vis. you know, I never get tired of Squamish Chum, great fights, aerials, and suprisingly clean fish. only hooked one that was a little ugly. used my favourite tactic, short, and I mean SHORT floated pink jigs, 22 inch leader. landed 20 nice fish in 4 hours, and missed a half dozen more. only one foul hook, that's why it's my favourite method. Stefan landed close to the same # of fish. we were the only people there the whole time. river started to rise around noon, and lost all but 6 inches of vis, so we bailed. took a quick look at the Cheak, beautiful above Cheekeye, but Cheekeye itself completely blown, taking the lower Cheakamus with it, and causing the visibility loss on the Squamish. drove over the Mamquam, high, and chocolatte. took home 2 lovely chrome does, complete with roe, which is now curing cooked up one of them for a little grey cup gathering, bbq'd with a lovely cucumber lemon-dill sauce. was a big hit. so much for everybody out there who thinks that you can't eat Chum. you know, I'm gonna miss these fish when they're gone