Puget Sound
- Thread starter Stonedfish
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Not much time fly casting from the boat as of late. Mostly gear from the boat when we have been out and fly from the beach. 9 from the beach has been tough. Rewarding quality wise but not so much on the quantity side of things. I’ve probably had my worst 9 season numbers wise since I started fly fishing for coho but also caught PB fish on the fly off the beach in 9. Odd season for sure. Kind of happy the regs will force me to the boat and points south from the beach starting this week. Still some coho to be caught on the fly.
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Hit the beach for a short window this morning in the drizzle, it was pretty nice to get rained on and just feel some moisture. 0/2 on cutties plus a couple missed grabs on this pattern I tied up last night, just a bunch of stacked synthetics but looked sweet in the water. Some fall colors starting to show along the
shoreline.
shoreline.
the_chemist
Life of the Party
Interesting fish. I wouldn't expect a Coho that bronzed in the chuck.
There are usually a few of them like that by this time of year in A10
A few pics from the past few weeks. This weather showed up too late. We needed this about two weeks ago.
Man I wish we still had October in MA 9, because there are a lot more fish to come.
SF
Man I wish we still had October in MA 9, because there are a lot more fish to come.
SF
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Steelhead
the_chemist
Life of the Party
BFC
Steelhead
yes.
Went to see if the cutthroat were around at a beach I’ve fished the past few years this afternoon. Brought 3 to hand and lost probably 4-5 more. The last fish was a chunky 15”. I always appreciate how beautiful these fish are, especially when they get into their fall colors.
I’ve been finding a lot of healthy fish in the 14 to 17” range at area 10 beaches lately. They seem to be well fed and feisty.
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Haven’t been out in two weeks due to some circumstances and was bored shitless so I headed south to look for cutts.
I ended up hooking up seven cutts, but only two made it in the net.
There were a lot of these jumping and finning around. The finners were biting and the jumpers weren’t. I had a lot of follows and refusals but ended up hooking four but only landed one. Maybe a smaller fly may have worked better.
3 for 11 in total for the day. Not very good.
SF
I ended up hooking up seven cutts, but only two made it in the net.
There were a lot of these jumping and finning around. The finners were biting and the jumpers weren’t. I had a lot of follows and refusals but ended up hooking four but only landed one. Maybe a smaller fly may have worked better.
3 for 11 in total for the day. Not very good.
SF
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I didn’t even realize it was possible anymore to catch fish with anything but a loop knot. I mean, unless yer just yankin’ our chains.