I went out Monday after 5pm having decided to hit a river I knew about to try my hand at catching a Salmon. Got there, setup my fly rod and hit an area that I knew was holding some fish. After about15 minutes I see my rod starting to twitch and then pull like a freight train...it was then I saw the fish and it was foul hooked 
so I broke it off right away (but did try and chase it a bit to try and net it to get the fly out of it...lol...lost cause for sure!). Since I broke off and didn't have any more leader line with me, I decided to grab my river rod and throw a fly on it. Managed two more foul hooks that were broken off right away and I was just about to pack up and leave when it happened. I had thrown out that one last cast/drift when all of the sudden the line took off! The fish started head shaking like crazy and I saw that it was a fair hook!! GAME ON!!! Didn't take too long to land since I was using my river rod but that's ok because I didn't intend to keep it Landed it, unhooked it and got a couple of pictures that of course didn't turn out worth crap...lol..then tried to revive it. I spent 15 minutes with that fish in the cold water but it was a lost cause
So, as much as I didn't intend to keep it, I wasn't about to waste it either. Turns out it was a hen so I saved the roe, and filleted it up and it's now in the freezer...lol...maybe I'll give the meat to my Ex! LOL! Not huge...but it was my first ever Salmon, so I'm still jazzed even though I was a bit disappointed about not being able to revive it.
Cheers,
Cameron
What kind of bird do you there?
Had a quaker parrot at the house for the last few years until my brother moved out and we gave it away. He couldn't take it with him and I didn't have the time to dedicate to the little bugger. 14 is a good age for a cockatiel, a lot of my friends have birds. Love the retriever, great dogs.
