With a successful Lomond trip under my belt I was eager to continue my fly fishing adventures whether it be in search of salmon or trout. On July 2nd Bassan and I headed down to the SE Placentia which was still open for morning fishing only.

Beaver falls is beautiful but produced no fish today.

The following day I headed out over the highway to do some trouting along the new power line road.

Today I hit up a new to me area, fishing a number of gullies all along side the new road.

Trout weren't super plentiful but I managed to hook a half dozen pan size trout putting my Loop Q-series fly rod to good use.

On July 9th French and I took a run down to the flats on the Salmonier River for an evening Salmon Fishing. We started out down by the old bridge and later moved up river as the tide came in.

I found a couple beautiful spots to fish, there were a few fish jumping but none took any of the flies we presented.

On July 23rd French, Slaney and I headed to the Gander River for a few days camping and salmon fishing. You can check out the Full storey here.

After that great trip in central, July 29th French, Slaney, Greg, Adam and I met down on the Colinet River for another evening Salmon fishing. Slaney and I hiked up river while the rest of the crew stayed closer to the salt water. I had one fish flash and Terry briefly hooked it shortly thereafter when he tried the pool.

On August 9th French finally tagged his first Salmon of the season on the North Harbour River. It was a long time coming but a well deserved catch!

August got real busy with projects around the house, at the gun club, then preparing for moose hunting season. Moose hunting opens early now here on the East Coast, this means we are walking the woods, setting up and checking game cameras even earlier so I didn't get out fishing anymore. I thoroughly enjoyed my late in life introduction to fly fishing, I never even touched my faithful spin cast rod all summer. I'm already looking forward to next year!

Cheers, MIKE

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