A little background. I got into a 30 minute window this weekend where I was able to visually see multiple adult coho chasing down my fly and refusing or short striking. During this time I switched flies a bunch and concluded the standard baitfish type pattern drew the most short strikes. Clousers generated about the same amount of interest but more refusals. In the end, I was able to get a few with a stinger clouser but it got me thinking I need to fish more standard baitfish patterns with stingers.
I have tied those before on shanks and had some success but the fly does not keel appropriately. Not sure that generally matters but it did seemed to make a difference during my little experiment yesterday.
So question; can you fish coho using stinger fly with two hooks (example below) or do I need to cut off that first hook? If not, can I cut off the point so it keels appropriately but would not likely hook a fish (probably a grey area if questioned). It looks like the regs say two hooks per line. So I imagine tandem flies are fine. What about two hooks per fly?
I have tied those before on shanks and had some success but the fly does not keel appropriately. Not sure that generally matters but it did seemed to make a difference during my little experiment yesterday.
So question; can you fish coho using stinger fly with two hooks (example below) or do I need to cut off that first hook? If not, can I cut off the point so it keels appropriately but would not likely hook a fish (probably a grey area if questioned). It looks like the regs say two hooks per line. So I imagine tandem flies are fine. What about two hooks per fly?