Mink Cove Pool is a wide, deep, long pool that begins as the Tobique River makes a sharp dog-leg turn to the left.  The sand and gravel river bed is fairly easy to wade so starting at the head of the pool and working your way downstream enables the fisherman to cover the water very effectively.  Long-time friend, Tim, and I were enjoying a beautiful day on the Tobique with Phil, one of the excellent quides we had the pleasure to fish with at Riverview Lodge in Riley Brook, New Brunswick.  We had not hooked up yet during that day, but on Tobique there was always a great sense of anticipation for what the next cast might bring.  Phil talked to us about the best ways to approach this pool and we started to fish.  Tim tied on a Copper Killer salmon fly and began to make downstream quartering casts that covered this deep pool inch by inch.  It wasn't long before Tim felt the strike and his reel began to sing as line was ripping downstream.  Then to our amazement, a huge salmon cleared water upstream of Tim.....