So the tug you’d mentioned hoping for was a Foss?
Puget Sound
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If you say "the concrete plant is fishing well" you haven't hotspotted. There are four, maybe five, equally beautiful plants to choose from! Each has a little nuance- You want Concrete Plant plus screeching noise? You got it. Concrete plant with blowing dust off a mountain of sand and gravel? Check. Concrete plant where you can't anchor due to buried lines? Yep.... Concrete PLant where boaters gun through the run and the wakes bounce of the barges in messed up ways? We got that too...In fact the only Concrete plant not fishing well right now is the ironically named Salmon Bay Sand And Gravel.
Pretty cool and I see the USS John Paul Jones back there (before the "double h(u)ll! ;-)
Henry Foss was a hell of a nice guy.
Very glad I had multiple occasions to talk to him as well as attending the HS named after him.
SF
Do the flavors of the fish taken in front of each plant reflect these nuances?
It arrived today! I was hoping it would show up on Saturday so I could fish yesterday, but no dice. Time to strip off the cracked coastal Quickshooter and string this up. It tastes saltwater early Thursday morning.
speedbird
Life of the Party
Would I need to invest in a sinking line or should my intermediate do? Gonna give this a go
Depends on the current, but the pinks have seemed fairly shallow. Not an expert, but in my experience having an intermediate or type 3 on one rod, and a type 7 on another will get it done no matter the current.
Well the smoked one I ate today had only gone past 1 plant and it tasted pretty damn good. Must be some great concrete!
If you're fishing the beautiful urban estuary with the concrete plants an intermediate is perfect. In fact, a floater with a 9-11' leader would work great too. You want to be above them, not under them. Fish a fly with a weighted head. You want that thing to go up and down on the strip-n-pause. Think jig fishing. Pinks love to hit it on the fall. Have fun!
BTW, on Sunday, there were 2 nice dudes fishing out of a cheap box store raft with light spinning rods slaying them on jigs. They were literally laughing for 2 hours since one or both had fish on non-stop. It was contagious.
We talked about standard clousers fouling recently in this thread.
I saw this on another site. This is an interesting tie using synthetics that is supposed to help with the fouling issue. I’m not a big fan of synthetics for clousers, but I really like the looks of this one. May need to order some Squimpish hair to give it a try.
SF
I saw this on another site. This is an interesting tie using synthetics that is supposed to help with the fouling issue. I’m not a big fan of synthetics for clousers, but I really like the looks of this one. May need to order some Squimpish hair to give it a try.
SF
I think this hits the nail on the head. I fish a floater with a long leader (16’ or so) and a fairly heavy fly. It almost always out-fishes sinking lines, even out in the open water. It also is much easier to pick up and cast to fish that you see on top.
This is my favorite approach as well. My leaders for this max out at about 12-13’. My fly is pretty darn heavy and any longer I find it’s a bit of a bitch to get the leader and fly casting behind the fly line head. Once the head is out and moving the cast evens out but it does take a little technique. But I think the small heavy fly floating line presentation is one of the most effective for pinks.
16 feet! You’re a beast! That’s some good chuckin’.
Having never chased pinks in that area, and more specifically having never really chased them that close to "staging", I damn near did bring a floater with me as I've read that's how many people target those fish.
In the end I went with my standard approach. Type 3 line, 4-6' of 15 lb UG, and an inch and a half fly tied with small bead chain eyes with next to no jigginess. If a floater, long ass leader, and heavy fly is more effective than what we did yesterday then I'm good skipping that technique. I don't want anything to do with hooking even more fish than we did yesterday lol.
In the end I went with my standard approach. Type 3 line, 4-6' of 15 lb UG, and an inch and a half fly tied with small bead chain eyes with next to no jigginess. If a floater, long ass leader, and heavy fly is more effective than what we did yesterday then I'm good skipping that technique. I don't want anything to do with hooking even more fish than we did yesterday lol.
It isn’t always like this. This run is nuts.
Wow what a great video! I learn new little tricks all the time.
That Squimpish fiber is cool stuff. I only have one color of it, kind of a slate bluish gray for the back of a baitfish pattern, but I really like it so far and will probably buy more colors.
I do love my craft fur Clousers but it is limited on the length of fibers.
That’s interesting. Usually it’s synthetics that foul the most on me. Will have to try.
True to his name! Haha!
Greggor
'Schooled' by Roy Patrick
Fished a local beach for four hours. Activity was slow at sunrise, but I enjoyed reeling in a couple of sculpins with the tap, tap, tap of rain drops hitting the hood of my rain jacket. No fish jumping.
A group of small dolphins/porpoises were frequenting the area, and a large harbor seal seemed like he just wanted to hang out with me. Fishing continued to be slow for about a dozen fishers on the beach.
I decided to take a break, and wait for tide change, while many others decided to hang it up. Found this guy while I was strolling around.
A new set of fishers showed up near tide change, and a few fish began to show themselves. Unfortunately, a wide band of salad showed up too.
One flyfisherman landed a pink before we were engulfed in salad. Two or three bombers were able to hookup by casting way out, and getting 4 or 5 lifts in before fouling.
As for me, no salmon, but sure enjoyed the change in the weather!
A group of small dolphins/porpoises were frequenting the area, and a large harbor seal seemed like he just wanted to hang out with me. Fishing continued to be slow for about a dozen fishers on the beach.
I decided to take a break, and wait for tide change, while many others decided to hang it up. Found this guy while I was strolling around.
A new set of fishers showed up near tide change, and a few fish began to show themselves. Unfortunately, a wide band of salad showed up too.
One flyfisherman landed a pink before we were engulfed in salad. Two or three bombers were able to hookup by casting way out, and getting 4 or 5 lifts in before fouling.
As for me, no salmon, but sure enjoyed the change in the weather!