Bambooflyguy
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Been to the beach Scott??
Puget Sound
- Thread starter Stonedfish
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I have to take look. Very soon to wet a line.
I’ve been checking out the waterfowl. The harlequin ducks are one of my favorites.
I’ve been checking out the waterfowl. The harlequin ducks are one of my favorites.
Bambooflyguy
Legend
Let me know when you’re going Scott…..
Will do.
DryFly82
Life of the Party
Thanks @Stonedfish!!! That's exactly the info I was looking for. Yesterday was to shake the rust off. Looking forward to a whole day in the boat on in South Sound this Friday for SRC and Rez Coho.Personally, I like 12 lb flouro for src fishing. It’s way overkill, but the fish don’t care. There are a few reasons I like it.
1. It turns over better than 6 or 8.
2. In the fall, coho are still around and it serves well when you hook them while fishing for cutts.
3. I’m not a big fly changer. I’ve had the non slip loop wear through after multiple trips using the same fly without re-tying. It can happen over time even with 12, but it takes longer.
For subsurface, I like to put a two foot or section on 30 lb flouro with a perception loop on each end. That stops the lighter flouro from eating into your fly line loop. I then go 6’ of straight 12 with a perfection loop on one end and a non slip loop on the other. I know perfection loops are highly controversial…..
As far as flies go, I try and match with whatever I think best matches what they are eating. Cutts will eat a lot of patterns though that don’t match anything.
You’ll get a lot of different responses about leaders and flies which is great, because there is really no right or wrong and it’s good to have options.
Hope this helps.
SF
Stay strong brother…perfection loops for life!Personally, I like 12 lb flouro for src fishing. It’s way overkill, but the fish don’t care. There are a few reasons I like it.
1. It turns over better than 6 or 8.
2. In the fall, coho are still around and it serves well when you hook them while fishing for cutts.
3. I’m not a big fly changer. I’ve had the non slip loop wear through after multiple trips using the same fly without re-tying. It can happen over time even with 12, but it takes longer.
For subsurface, I like to put a two foot or section on 30 lb flouro with a perception loop on each end. That stops the lighter flouro from eating into your fly line loop. I then go 6’ of straight 12 with a perfection loop on one end and a non slip loop on the other. I know perfection loops are highly controversial…..
As far as flies go, I try and match with whatever I think best matches what they are eating. Cutts will eat a lot of patterns though that don’t match anything.
You’ll get a lot of different responses about leaders and flies which is great, because there is really no right or wrong and it’s good to have options.
Hope this helps.
SF
I do the same as Brian but sometimes use 10. For no reason outside of it’s the first thing I grab out of my bag. For flies, I mainly use baitfish, shrimp and marine worm patterns…aka buggers of various colors but mostly olive. SRC are fun though in that sometimes you can catch them on whatever crazy concoction you can dream up. For a poor tier, or one that gets bored tying the same thing over and over (I happen to be both), they are a very an accommodating fish.
speedbird
Life of the Party
A reason I've switched from mono self tied taper leaders to 10' of 12lb fluro is that it makes stripping to the fly easier. My mortal enemy in streamer fishing is stripping to the tip, getting the leader out of the tip, and then birds nesting my fly line because I didn't realize it was still hung up on the tip. With a 10' leader I can get the leader out, then pull it off the tip by hand.Personally, I like 12 lb flouro for src fishing. It’s way overkill, but the fish don’t care. There are a few reasons I like it.
1. It turns over better than 6 or 8.
2. In the fall, coho are still around and it serves well when you hook them while fishing for cutts.
3. I’m not a big fly changer. I’ve had the non slip loop wear through after multiple trips using the same fly without re-tying. It can happen over time even with 12, but it takes longer.
For subsurface, I like to put a two foot or section on 30 lb flouro with a perception loop on each end. That stops the lighter flouro from eating into your fly line loop. I then go 6’ of straight 12 with a perfection loop on one end and a non slip loop on the other. I know perfection loops are highly controversial…..
As far as flies go, I try and match with whatever I think best matches what they are eating. Cutts will eat a lot of patterns though that don’t match anything.
You’ll get a lot of different responses about leaders and flies which is great, because there is really no right or wrong and it’s good to have options.
Hope this helps.
SF
Unless someone here has a cleaner more efficient suggestion for me besides a nail knot haha
Are you using a non clear head line?
If so, just watch your line as you strip in and stop stripping once you see the end of your line getting close to your rod tip.
SF
Today would have been a perfect day to be out mooching for blackmouth if we had a season.
SF
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DryFly82
Life of the Party
Every day on the water is a good day, but some are better than others. Breakthrough days when you find your confidence in a fishery and raise the bar for all future trips are the best.
Yesterday my dad and I went out on the South Sound for SRC in his "new" boat (he's had it a year, by this was the first time taking it out for fishing). It was cold when we were moving, but all of the mountains were out and the water was mostly calm. We pulled in along the first bank that we planned to fish by 8:45am and found instant action. Double-digits in the in the first location, but it eventually slowed as the sun hit the water. We moved down, spotted a few fish rising on a shaded bank, and got into another double-digit hole. We fished a few other spots and eventually moved to an oyster bed where we had caught fish in the past. The oyster bed was gone, but we drifted down the beach, started to pick up a few, and then we were in them thick again with the 3rd double-digit stretch of the day. We wrapped up fishing around 2:00pm with a total of 37 SRCs to net with the biggest caught in the 15" range. Dad caught all of his fish on a Squimp and I caught all of mine on an orange Snot Dart.
This was the 5th time in my life fishing for SRC including a few trips walking the beach. All previous trips combined I hadn't caught more than a dozen SRC (lots of rez coho though). I gained a new understanding of what's possible in this fishery on a rare breakthrough day...definitely one to remember.
Yesterday my dad and I went out on the South Sound for SRC in his "new" boat (he's had it a year, by this was the first time taking it out for fishing). It was cold when we were moving, but all of the mountains were out and the water was mostly calm. We pulled in along the first bank that we planned to fish by 8:45am and found instant action. Double-digits in the in the first location, but it eventually slowed as the sun hit the water. We moved down, spotted a few fish rising on a shaded bank, and got into another double-digit hole. We fished a few other spots and eventually moved to an oyster bed where we had caught fish in the past. The oyster bed was gone, but we drifted down the beach, started to pick up a few, and then we were in them thick again with the 3rd double-digit stretch of the day. We wrapped up fishing around 2:00pm with a total of 37 SRCs to net with the biggest caught in the 15" range. Dad caught all of his fish on a Squimp and I caught all of mine on an orange Snot Dart.
This was the 5th time in my life fishing for SRC including a few trips walking the beach. All previous trips combined I hadn't caught more than a dozen SRC (lots of rez coho though). I gained a new understanding of what's possible in this fishery on a rare breakthrough day...definitely one to remember.
Bambooflyguy
Legend
Quite the amazing day! Definitely one for the memories…..
What a great day of fishing! That’s a day now locked into your memory bank. The best part of this post though is “…my Dad and I went out”… Well done!
Five years ago (nearly to the day) I lost my Dad. The very best days I’ve had in the outdoors were spent with him. I’m sure glad we made those precious memories together through the decades.
Lots of folks at GG out enjoying false spring.
SF
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Costco 13 gallon beach garbage day today while out on my walk.
SF
SF
Fished a little, paddled around checking out stuff more, into the fog we go...
Sometimes a picture tells a thousand stories, in this case the only correct story is the Greenland style paddle giving away these Greenland Berets, their entire Navy sneaking in under cover of fog, sabotaging our channel markers.... we should take the threat of greenland invading us more seriously...
Sometimes a picture tells a thousand stories, in this case the only correct story is the Greenland style paddle giving away these Greenland Berets, their entire Navy sneaking in under cover of fog, sabotaging our channel markers.... we should take the threat of greenland invading us more seriously...
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