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Puget Sound
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Ok day. Not nearly as much fry activity as in the past two weeks. A couple pics from today.
SF
SF
I love when they have those scratches on their gill plates. Nothing like digging your face into a plate of barnacles or oysters to get a meal.
SF
Hit the local today. Nice quiet morning. Eagles, seagulls and kingfishers flying around. Seals popping their heads up.
Then he arrives…… singing bongo drummer guy.
I must attract these people as this is my second early morning bongo drummer experience in the past three years.
I probably sound like a grumpy old man, which I am. People are free to do as they please since it is public land and I’ll keep my mouth shut, but I’m just not a fan of 7:00 bongo when I’m out enjoying a nice morning on the water.
No fish were harmed today, only my ears.
SF
Then he arrives…… singing bongo drummer guy.
I must attract these people as this is my second early morning bongo drummer experience in the past three years.
I probably sound like a grumpy old man, which I am. People are free to do as they please since it is public land and I’ll keep my mouth shut, but I’m just not a fan of 7:00 bongo when I’m out enjoying a nice morning on the water.
No fish were harmed today, only my ears.
SF
I’ve heard a few things over the years on your local beach as I’m south of you in Crown Hill. The best one was about 730 am I heard all this shouting behind me and saw a large man gesticulating and shouting what I thought was random shite. I waded out further to my waist and kept an eye on eye as well I could. Turned out he was a preacher practicing his sermon….I relaxed a bit after that. Do people still stand right behind you to watch? Used to drive me nuts.Hit the local today. Nice quiet morning. Eagles, seagulls and kingfishers flying around. Seals popping their heads up.
Then he arrives…… singing bongo drummer guy.
I must attract these people as this is my second early morning bongo drummer experience in the past three years.
I probably sound like a grumpy old man, which I am. People are free to do as they please since it is public land and I’ll keep my mouth shut, but I’m just not a fan of 7:00 bongo when I’m out enjoying a nice morning on the water.
No fish were harmed today, only my ears.
SF
Dave
I did not contribute much today. Three solidly hooked fish across the salt and the lake and one landed fish. A couple pods were super picky while another we doubled up on our first cast into them (I lost mine). It was t-shirt weather by noon… that’s something 
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Yep, stand right behind you quite often and totally oblivious to the fact they might get hooked even after watching you cast.
SF
speedbird
Life of the Party
I DID IT! After 5 years of trying, I finally hooked and landed an adult sea-run cutthroat on the fly. I wasn't feeling too optimistic for today but I took a sick day at work and figured I may as well go fishing. Within half an hour or so I felt a strike. The fight was a weaker than the fish I hooked on surface flies last fall so I assumed it was a sculpin or something. That is of course until I saw this beautiful cutty jump clean out the water. Had a little bit of a net disaster- it was leashed too tightly to my backpack and I couldn't get it out in time. Said "screw it" and let my backpack get wet and got it off. I know some folks here like to fish my local too, so if you are reading this, get out there. I saw a much fatter and bigger one jump before I left...
Congratulations! It's nice when sustained effort finally pays off!
speedbird
Life of the Party
Is this the lake directly opposite the beach? I think I know this place, I've wanted to drag my buddy out there for a combination sea run and stocker day@jasmillo amd I fished the Sound first then moved to a lake before running out of dock at the ramp, really slow all over and that sun didn’t help.
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This random hatchery slob was caught on a …cough.. rapala while throwing gear looking for bass
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speedbird
Life of the Party
Plot twist: The snub nose is because he was a stocker destined for a lake somewhere who chose a life of freedom and escaped his prison in the fish truck
Congrats on the first fly caught SRC first of all!
Yes, Snubby looked for all the world like he’d spent his best years swimming repeatedly into the wall of a cement rearing pen. But in reality snubs has made a living smashing the wild chum fry that drop out of his home stream and face planting for sculpin, worms or god knows what in the oysters and barnacles in the estuary. Ol’ snubs also looked like he'd passed through a net or a seals mouth too. As has been said, very tough fish.
Anyone trid an integrated skagit line on their single hander? I have an SA Spey Lite on my trout spey rod that I like and thinking of using the same line on a lighter single hander for the beach. l’ve been losing enthusiasm lately blind casting and think this might get me more excited to hit beaches close to home when I get a window of opportunity between taking care of a newborn.
I have the SA Spey Lite 210gr that I got for single handing with my 6wt rods. There are a few beaches that I like that have limited/zero room for a back cast at higher tides. I've practiced casting with the line and it seems promising but I haven't actually used it in the field yet.
I've thrown the following overhead and skagit with my single hand 5wts while at the beach with success-
OPST Commando Smooth 200gr usually with my old and very fast 9' IMX
Speylite Integrated 210gr usually with my budget and also pretty quick 9' Redington Pursuit
I'll have one setup with a 10' intermediate poly leader and the other with a OPST Micro 5' tip (40gr), usually the Riffle (S2).
These also make awesome single skagit for trout, but also for shad. My go to for slinging shad jigs for sure. It's silly stupid fun.
The challenges at the beach are well documented. You have to account for the fish that follow in close. I usually do as others have stated on here about retrieving to the side or even around and behind. Depends on the water obviously. It's nice for those cliff-side spots, which the sound has plenty.
They are great for those windy days when you're sick of chucking the 6 or 7wt. In fact, it's fun to have the regular WF5I line to start and then if the wind comes up then change reels to the Commando Smooth or Speylight.
I would say the Speylight 210 is probably better on a 5 than a 6. I have a 250gr OPST Commando head that I use on the 6wt. 225 or 230 would probably be best for the 6wt, but I have 2 Redingtons (RS4 and Pursuit) that are both pretty stiff that chuck that 250 a mile.
OPST Commando Smooth 200gr usually with my old and very fast 9' IMX
Speylite Integrated 210gr usually with my budget and also pretty quick 9' Redington Pursuit
I'll have one setup with a 10' intermediate poly leader and the other with a OPST Micro 5' tip (40gr), usually the Riffle (S2).
These also make awesome single skagit for trout, but also for shad. My go to for slinging shad jigs for sure. It's silly stupid fun.
The challenges at the beach are well documented. You have to account for the fish that follow in close. I usually do as others have stated on here about retrieving to the side or even around and behind. Depends on the water obviously. It's nice for those cliff-side spots, which the sound has plenty.
They are great for those windy days when you're sick of chucking the 6 or 7wt. In fact, it's fun to have the regular WF5I line to start and then if the wind comes up then change reels to the Commando Smooth or Speylight.
I would say the Speylight 210 is probably better on a 5 than a 6. I have a 250gr OPST Commando head that I use on the 6wt. 225 or 230 would probably be best for the 6wt, but I have 2 Redingtons (RS4 and Pursuit) that are both pretty stiff that chuck that 250 a mile.
Thanks guys. Sounds like what I was thinking, I will probably stick with the SA line and go with the 240gr on my 6wt (Winston Alpha+) which feels better with a bit of heavier load.