JayB
Steelhead
I'm trying to settle a debate with my wife regarding the futility or non-futility of my efforts to target coho with a fly rod. She's heard several other people that do fairly well gear-fishing declare that it's somewhere between impossible and a waste of time. My comeback is that it's neither, I'm just really bad at it.
As the years have gone by, I've started to become haunted by the possibility that everyone on the other side of the debate is far more correct than I've been willing to accept. Or maybe the spots that I tend to fish because it's convenient (8-2/NE-9) just don't lend themselves to this pursuit as well as other parts of the sound. Or maybe it's a combination of all three factors. It's a waste of time, I'm bad at it, and I'm doing it in a spot that's not particularly well suited to such techniques
This leads me to the following questions: 1) If you fish for coho in the sound from a boat, what percentage of the fish you catch would you estimate are caught while fly-fishing? 2) Have you done so in MA-2/NE-9 any time in the past 5-10 years, without naming the actual spot. A simple no, or yes would be much appreciated, and a bit more context even more so, e.g. "I normally run downriggers but if I see obvious activity on the surface I'll grab the fly-rod" or "Yes, but I find it far less productive than other spots," "I pass out in my boat with a clouser dangling over the side and fill my punch-card every season," etc.
The results with either justify the acquisition of downriggers and other meat-fishing gear, the continued pursuit of my Quixotic quest, or some combination of both so I appreciate any and all input.
As the years have gone by, I've started to become haunted by the possibility that everyone on the other side of the debate is far more correct than I've been willing to accept. Or maybe the spots that I tend to fish because it's convenient (8-2/NE-9) just don't lend themselves to this pursuit as well as other parts of the sound. Or maybe it's a combination of all three factors. It's a waste of time, I'm bad at it, and I'm doing it in a spot that's not particularly well suited to such techniques
This leads me to the following questions: 1) If you fish for coho in the sound from a boat, what percentage of the fish you catch would you estimate are caught while fly-fishing? 2) Have you done so in MA-2/NE-9 any time in the past 5-10 years, without naming the actual spot. A simple no, or yes would be much appreciated, and a bit more context even more so, e.g. "I normally run downriggers but if I see obvious activity on the surface I'll grab the fly-rod" or "Yes, but I find it far less productive than other spots," "I pass out in my boat with a clouser dangling over the side and fill my punch-card every season," etc.
The results with either justify the acquisition of downriggers and other meat-fishing gear, the continued pursuit of my Quixotic quest, or some combination of both so I appreciate any and all input.