Vedder and I witnessed one of the all-time greatest shutdowns of a bite in history. Last year up in Alaska on the Alagnak, fish were everywhere. Good every day, but, about the 4th day in, we went and hit the river early and knew a huge push of fish was going to come in from the perfect daylight tide. And yup, here they were, and they came and just kept coming. Vedder was on a roll with the fly, and the main seam we were fishing was stuffed with fish. Fish after fish on our rods. Then the wind, the rain, and the darker clouds. Then, nothing, and I mean nothing for hours. Fish even quit rolling, no signs of fish anywhere except the hundreds flying by the boat as you looked in the water. There were tons of fish in the water all around the boat, some doing laps, some heading up. But only a roller here and there, and nothing biting at all. We came back early for once in the afternoon cuz of the crappy biting fish, tried a few spots heading up, got one fish in one seam and that was it. Back at the lodge, everyone was talking about the fish just quit biting around 11 a.m. And it was the entire river they quit. It was an EPIC LOCKJAW. Not many possibilities as to why except....pressure. A river stuffed full of fish like a trout pond, and ya couldnt get a biter.

But, I'd fish in record low pressure anyways, cuz hey, ya just gotta fish.