Great fishing weather. You've got to love cloudy days. Bring on fall, which starts tomorrow from a meteorological standpoint!
SF
Puget Sound
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Great fishing weather. You've got to love cloudy days. Bring on fall, which starts tomorrow from a meteorological standpoint!
SF
Love the smiles. The boys at Lenice may have mentioned you get a little excited fighting fish.
See SF, it's pretty fun...if you like to get sore. Haha! My left arm is finally not sore today... from Sunday. I'll take that sort of soreness!
Love the smiles. The boys at Lenice may have mentioned you get a little excited fighting fish.
See SF, it's pretty fun...if you like to get sore. Haha! My left arm is finally not sore today... from Sunday. I'll take that sort of soreness!
I’m glad other people enjoy catching them but I'd rather get my arm sore chasing coho......whether I'm catching them or not.
SF
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2-3 this morning fishing before work. Hooked into a really solid fish right at daybreak that jumped and spit me. Then jumped again just to rub in how nice of a fish he was. Landed another decent fish that had a fin so he swam free. Capped it off with a clipped rezzie sized coho I also released. Though a keeper sized fish, it was not a particularly large rezzie and I had to work today and did not want to deal with it 
. Did not see many other fish landed and not a single pink while I was there. I did hear some were caught there yesterday though.
Really enjoying fishing this fly in 2023.
Mostly a scouting trip to see where I might want to fish tomorrow. I’ve got 6 solid days of coho’ing ahead of me starting tomorrow.
. Did not see many other fish landed and not a single pink while I was there. I did hear some were caught there yesterday though.Really enjoying fishing this fly in 2023.
Mostly a scouting trip to see where I might want to fish tomorrow. I’ve got 6 solid days of coho’ing ahead of me starting tomorrow.
If this was PNWFF Jeopardy:
the answer is......
the answer is......
Wiznet
Steelhead
If anyone has an open seat for some duwamish pink home run derbys, I'd love to go and provide ample amounts of stoke and hype. I'll make sure to bring my own microphone and announce each pink you get as if it was the final goal of the world cup 
"PIIIIINNNNNNKYYYYYY!!!! HE DOES IT AGAIN!"
"PIIIIINNNNNNKYYYYYY!!!! HE DOES IT AGAIN!"
Use the warming power of Ben Gay to keep your sore arm going during the coho chasing.
Is that fly weighted?2-3 this morning fishing before work. Hooked into a really solid fish right at daybreak that jumped and spit me. Then jumped again just to rub in how nice of a fish he was. Landed another decent fish that had a fin so he swam free. Capped it off with a clipped rezzie sized coho I also released. Though a keeper sized fish, it was not a particularly large rezzie and I had to work today and did not want to deal with it
Really enjoying fishing this fly in 2023.
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Mostly a scouting trip to see where I might want to fish tomorrow. I’ve got 6 solid days of coho’ing ahead of me starting tomorrow.
No, tied on a shank and fished with a a I/3/5 line most days though.
On my way to hopefully find some coho and a sore arm…..
SF
SF
Sore arm guaranteed. Coho, not so much. Experience, priceless.
rotato
Life of the Party
Chewy and I chased some cutthroat around the neighborhood. The evening’s incoming tide pushed around a few points and set up a decent flow. The skiff is all torn up so we made do with this freebie. The small size allowed for some sneaky approaches. At one point a fat golden jumper almost landed in the Avon. Humorous antics followed.Cheers
Nothing for me at a popular crowded Area 11 spot this morning, but there was a brief frenzy of activity where a lot of folks were hooking up.
On the way home I checked out a new to me beach. I made a few quick exploratory casts with the back up rod I carry in my car trunk, and managed to wipe the skunk off by getting one feisty pink. I wasn’t wadered-up anymore and it was slippery on the rocks so I called it a morning and headed home.
On the way home I checked out a new to me beach. I made a few quick exploratory casts with the back up rod I carry in my car trunk, and managed to wipe the skunk off by getting one feisty pink. I wasn’t wadered-up anymore and it was slippery on the rocks so I called it a morning and headed home.
3-6 across a few different beaches today. Let a rezzie go at daybreak.
Kept this guy a bit later on.
Hit a third beach, got a wild fish and decided to call it a day.
Fly of the day. A little too much material past the stinger which I think cost me a few hookups today.
Kept this guy a bit later on.
Hit a third beach, got a wild fish and decided to call it a day.
Fly of the day. A little too much material past the stinger which I think cost me a few hookups today.
Nice murk gradient in that second pic. Any cutts lurking in that transition zone?
Ran into @SteelHeadDave @KFCDAVE on the beach this morning. It was my first time specifically targeting salmon of the beach with a fly. Steelhead Dave was kind enough to give me a fly and let me copycat his technique enough that I went 4-6 on small shaker rezzies, all clipped, 1-1 on a small pink, and 5-5 on baitfish foul hooked . It was a good day, hoping I can get back out soon and find a little larger fish.
. It was a good day, hoping I can get back out soon and find a little larger fish.