Pit River, Fishing

Probably the last time I fish the Pit. I am still recovering from the beating I took among the rocks and brambles. Tore a small hole in my net and lost my watch. This is the lower Pit 4/5 section at 550cfs. Anything higher and you are risking your life! Very dangerous river to fish, especially alone like I did.

The river is much larger and even more savage than the Pit 3 section, though slightly easier to walk around the bank (at least, at these flows). Saw a massive river otter which scared me at first. Somehow thought it was an Alligator for a brief second, LOL.

A large fish, I am guessing about 17-18" and most likely a brown, bent my hook in the strong current. I would recommend using 3x fluoro here. The pocket water is insane and if a fish gets downstream it is game over. I lost another good fish about the same size when he got below me in another pocket.