JeffO,
Unlike most other salmon species, the fry of the chum salmon (as well as
humpies) begin dropping down to the salt almost as soon as they hatch. They
usually arrive, pretty much en masse over a period of only a few weeks. I'm
sure that some arrive a little earlier and some later, but the big peak
usually occurs in mid or late March. This, of course, may change by as much
as a week or two depending on temperature and other variables. It takes this
kind of abundace to bring the cutts and dollies up into the river; after
all, they're living off the fat tof the land (water?) along the beaches,
grazing on on shrimp and baitfish. Diamond braid is a small diameter braided
plastic material and I guess that's about the only description I can give
you, most flyshops carry it in a variety of colors.
