I’ll tie your line to the dock.
It would Be amazing
In other news, just got the “go” email from ARSC for Thursday. We’ll see what happens
Tuna 2023
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In other news, just got the “go” email from ARSC for Thursday. We’ll see what happens
I ended up buying a #2 4X long hook and bending it with a pair of pliers I’m not at all happy with what I ended up with but I did buy some in #1 4X long that have not arrived yet. I got to thinking about it and knowing the size of the sauries schools that I’ve seen on a few trips out of Westport being in the millions how in the heck is a fly tied with two sauries going to make a albacore hit my fly. That would be a lot like winning the lottery
. As I do like making things I will make one or two with the #1 hooks when they get here.Attachments
I ended up buying a #2 4X long hook and bending it with a pair of pliers I’m not at all happy with what I ended up with but I did buy some in #1 4X long that have not arrived yet. I got to thinking about it and knowing the size of the sauries schools that I’ve seen on a few trips out of Westport being in the millions how in the heck is a fly tied with two sauries going to make a albacore hit my fly. That would be a lot like winning the lottery
I like it Al. I have some Umpqua U401 hooks that have a longer straight shank that I plan trying this with tomorrow. Maybe with a tag of heavy FC leader to add a hookless fly or two to the mix.
As for winning the lottery. I think anything we throw at the edges of a bait ball will stick out like a sore thumb. Mostly due to our inability to replicate the real thing. It just needs to be worth the effort to run down.
I’m thinking if I tied a tube fly with two sauries tied on the tube and one on the hook there would be three in a row, not one on top of the other.
It’ll probably catch 50% more fish than a mere two-saury fly.
Or 30% more, but 30% of O in not much.
. Anyone else have a forecast?
DimeBrite
Saltwater fly fisherman
Wear a good rain coat, maybe a full wet suit.
And with the wind I may need a mask and snorkel. I just saw that I had posted Aug, not Sept. while Aug 27 is a day I will always remember, as the day I said I do.
wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
Wow, a fly fishing umbrella rig
Lol. I know, or maybe a fly mobile? I hung it vertically so they'd all line up. The "outrigger" flies are tied on FC tags attached via loop to loop connection. Not my neatest tying but was rushing, mistakenly thinking I would be fishing today
. Hoping for a resched in two weeks.
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The forecast for this weekend looked brutalLol. I know, or maybe a fly mobile? I hung it vertically so they'd all line up. The "outrigger" flies are tied on FC tags attached via loop to loop connection. Not my neatest tying but was rushing, mistakenly thinking I would be fishing today
Yeah, two trips already cancelled (Saturday and Monday) and the third (Wednesday) will likely be cancelled too. A great period for storm-watching not tuna fishing in a 29' boat 30+ miles offshore.
Steve
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So Steve did they end up cancelling the 27th trip?
Not yet, but they will I suspect. Here is the NWS offshore forecast for Wednesday: "WSW wind 13 to 18 kt, with gusts as high as 26 kt. Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. W swell 11 ft. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft." I don't think we want to be out there in a 29 ft. boat...
Steve
CanoeGuy
Steelhead
Not all day. I would love to be out there right now (20 foot swells and 40 mph winds) for a 2 minute amusement park ride then have Scottie get me the hell out of there. They would need to add rollercoaster restraints to the seats tho.
“You should have been here yesterday.” Phil Edwards
Bought some gear off an acquaintance who sold his boat recently. He threw in this pile of tuna fly gear that "some blowhard fly fisherman left behind." Was thinking about turning it for a profit. Maybe put it in the freebie forum. Haven't decided yet.
