Sounds to me like that driver made a wise choice
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Sounds to me like that driver made a wise choice
Headed south for a quick session as I only had a few hours to fish before taking are of some family business.
Nice first light on the beach.
As other mentioned in a couple threads, the fish were right on the beach. I never hooked a fish today more than 10 feet off the beach.
Water was surprisingly clear but lots of stuff in the water. This was about an hour before peak high.
Decent number of fish to hand. This was the best of the morning.
Really nice day out. Almost too nice with the bright skies. I dressed way too warm.
Saw a guy walking across the Narrows bridge on the way home with no shirt on.
SF
Nice first light on the beach.
As other mentioned in a couple threads, the fish were right on the beach. I never hooked a fish today more than 10 feet off the beach.
Water was surprisingly clear but lots of stuff in the water. This was about an hour before peak high.
Decent number of fish to hand. This was the best of the morning.
Really nice day out. Almost too nice with the bright skies. I dressed way too warm.
Saw a guy walking across the Narrows bridge on the way home with no shirt on.
SF
Divad
Whitefish
Fish were everywhere today, rising in the sunny brisk weather and right along the junk lines. Debris was about but this heavenly lack of wind kept all of it right up near shore.
4 or 5 small residents landed with the same amount missed and one big cuttie in the 17/18in that I goofed the net job on. They didn’t like the squimp nearly as much as a brown/copper egg sucking leech. A lot of fun on the 3wt.
4 or 5 small residents landed with the same amount missed and one big cuttie in the 17/18in that I goofed the net job on. They didn’t like the squimp nearly as much as a brown/copper egg sucking leech. A lot of fun on the 3wt.
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Wife and I took a nice walk at a south Sound park beach today and I did some casting practice for about thirty minutes. Unlike @Divad fish were not everywhere where I was, in fact I saw none. 
Not even a sculpin to be seen anywhere!
It was a pretty day though with that stunning, soft, wintertime light we get this time of year, complete with a couple pods of Harbor Porpoise breaking the surface occasionally.
Not even a sculpin to be seen anywhere!It was a pretty day though with that stunning, soft, wintertime light we get this time of year, complete with a couple pods of Harbor Porpoise breaking the surface occasionally.
A great day of fishing…for the older gentleman next to me. He offered me some advice on leaving more line out while casting, and trying to feed the line while back and front casting, as well as keeping the fly off the water. My casts spooked all the fish off. There was a really high quality fish that surfaced maybe 15 feet next to me but nothing. Some of my casts were getting 30-35 feet out, most were in the 25 foot range
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Scudley Do Right
Life of the Party
I would start a new thread to ask for casting advice.
That spot is full of highly educated fish.
I have been told that the reason fish jump is because they don’t have a middle finger
Nice day on the water. A few fish around but nothing picture worthy.
I fished a new to me Cortland “Medium” full intermediate. It’s designed for freshwater and it felt kind of odd fishing a line with orange hang markers in the salt.
The first few casts I was thinking it wasn’t going to work as it was floating like the SA Sonar Titan. It did finally start sinking well the more I fished it.
It tangled more than I anticipated, but is easy to cast when it didn’t tangle. I’ll need to give it a really good stretch next time.
On the litter front, is anyone missing a made for fun toy, a shoe sole, a paisley ascot or a perfectly good jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce?
SF
I fished a new to me Cortland “Medium” full intermediate. It’s designed for freshwater and it felt kind of odd fishing a line with orange hang markers in the salt.
The first few casts I was thinking it wasn’t going to work as it was floating like the SA Sonar Titan. It did finally start sinking well the more I fished it.
It tangled more than I anticipated, but is easy to cast when it didn’t tangle. I’ll need to give it a really good stretch next time.
On the litter front, is anyone missing a made for fun toy, a shoe sole, a paisley ascot or a perfectly good jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce?
SF
Swimmy said a prepaid shipping box is on the way for the paisley ascot
Slow out there today, we fished a lake in the morning first waiting for the tide to drop.
This fish was fining in shallow oyster beds, I made a cast and 2 hand stripped since current was pushing the fly towards me. It ate it but got off.
I then walked toward shore ankle deep to neak up on it seeing how it was still fining, changed to a euphasid fly and got hit after a couple of strips. Most likely a second one in the area.
This fish was fining in shallow oyster beds, I made a cast and 2 hand stripped since current was pushing the fly towards me. It ate it but got off.
I then walked toward shore ankle deep to neak up on it seeing how it was still fining, changed to a euphasid fly and got hit after a couple of strips. Most likely a second one in the area.
Divad
Whitefish
I’ve learned over the last few months we here at the end of the PS don’t have the frequency as other beaches a little north.
Still good fish to be had and not to discourage I saw a lot of coho this year mulling around Budd Inlet. I’ve also caught some healthy cutties, but it’s always a balancing act of driving an additional hour + round trip or shooting the Olympia/Lacey bits and just happy to be out.
We're approaching the time of year where things can get a little bit goofy on the south sound, at least in regards to src. Not that fish can't be caught, but I'd say I'm less surprised by slower days this time of year than others.
Coho wise I haven't been seeing large numbers of them in the areas I fish a lot, but I have been encountering some here and there and often where I don't expect to see them. I love those little guys but they sure can be a mystery to me.
Really nice weather out on the water today. As close to perfect fishing conditions as I could hope for this time of year.
Coho wise I haven't been seeing large numbers of them in the areas I fish a lot, but I have been encountering some here and there and often where I don't expect to see them. I love those little guys but they sure can be a mystery to me.
Really nice weather out on the water today. As close to perfect fishing conditions as I could hope for this time of year.
