This series of video footage captures the spawning act of a pair of fin clipped salmon.The well aged and worn jack still has plenty of energy to chase off a trout from near the spawning redd.
The jack then proceeds to encourage the hen to lay her eggs in the stoney depression she has dug in the stream bed.
After the spawning act at the 7min:23sec mark on the video
the hen then proceeds to quickly cover the newly fertilized eggs with gravel.