Where: Puget Sound
When:Sunday
Conditions: Sunny and breezy
Flies used: Clouser
Species pursued: Coho and searuns

Song of the day: "Mad World," Gary Jules

Seeing as how a few better than average reports have been coming in from the salt, I thought it might be a good time to check things out.

Following my typical summer fishing protocol, we left before daybreak and fished the sunrise at a beach I suspected would hold a few coho and maybe even a searun.

What we found was both encouraging and frustrating: consistent boils at different ranges but no takers.

Figuring we should find more promising waters, we checked out a few other spots, only to have our light two handers outgunned by the now prevalent breeze.

Shrugging the wind off, we decided to work a nearby rip--it was good practice, anyway, and besides, I was curious about what a smaller fish would feel like on my ultralight spey rod.

I had bought the rod specifically for the salt and today was just as much a reconnaissance mission as it was a fine tuning of equipment.

Luckily, I was able to accomplish both, albeit in a half-baked way. :)

Bottom line: there are fish in the Sound folks, my guess is that they're last year's resident coho, plus about 3 pounds. Judging by a few of the jumpers way out there, it's safe to assume that a few migratory fish are out there as well.