So for Saturday, Gabe and I looked at the continuing cool weather which has been helping ease the start of the freshet in the Squamish River and we decided to take a crew up Howe Sound to land of the Sasquatch. The Squamish had had good reports of Steelhead and bull trout on Wednesday so with the forecast of rain for the evening we felt it was a good bet to get there before the weather changed. As we headed up the upper levels highway we could see the Fraser freshet plume heading around Point Grey into Burrard Inlet so we were hoping the Squamish wouldn't be coloring up Howe Sound.
I had waded back across and just wanted to sit down when Gabe gave the battle cry and I looked just in time to see his rod pound down and a silver bar erupt from the water.