Our first day on the York was at Spruin Rock. The sign says "No Swimming."

Spruin is a big pool with lots of visible salmon and several good fishing spots.

Here are several grilse (small salmon) and one that probably topped 20 pounds.

We changed flies regularly but the fish paid little attention.

Later we fished Offie pool where the river spills out of a gorge.

Here's the gorge. You can step across the river.

Russ fishes the gorge. This pool produced a 35 pounder in 2005.

Austin, our guide, photographs a salmon.

Here's the object of Austin's attention, a salmon with a lamprey attached.

The next day we fished Gros Saumon pool.

The sign reads "access for anglers only."

The pool was filled with salmon from 4 to 40 lbs.

No shortage of possible fish to bite the flies.

Russ fishing a dark crack that held a number of nice salmon.

Austin's son Drapper joined us for awhile and offered advice. Drapper is also a talented guide.

Russ has one rise to his dry fly.

Near the end of the fight Austin is ready to land the fish.

Russ's first atlantic salmon on the dry fly.

Then I hooked one on the same fly.

The salmon jumped 6 or 7 times.

With Austin's advice I was able to get the fish to hand.

A bit out of focus but here's the 11 lb. salmon just out of the water.

All our fish went back in the river immediately.

Here's the fly that caught the fish, a "Labatt Blue."

In the afternoon we fished another beautiful pool called Alfred.

We saw 5 or 6 salmon, but even after many fly changes, none bit.

Austin Clark, an atlantic salmon guide of 43 years, along with my fellow angler Russ Shay.