Salmon Return

 On November 13, we spotted a salmon at our swimming hole.  The next day, I spent some time staring into the deepest area that I could still see the bottom.  I believe I saw at least 6 different salmon that seemed to be paired up.  I'm not sure if they were paired up to spawn, or were males chasing each other off.  The smaller ones were quite red, and the larger ones were mottled grayish.  I believe the larger ones were Chinook.  I'm not sure about the smaller ones.  Maybe they were Coho.  Starting about a mile downriver from us, and heading upstream, is a ban on fishing, as this is a spawning area.