What's Catching You Fish?

I remember quite a few little char in the upper river as a kid, but I’ve personally only seen mature browns there in the fall. Makes me wonder if it’s a small spawning run. Fish wasn’t very big, maybe ~16” and a bit snakey, but it was cool.
 
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Hoofer said:
I remember quite a few little char in the upper river as a kid, but I’ve personally only seen mature browns there in the fall. Makes me wonder if it’s a small spawning run. Fish wasn’t very big, maybe ~16” and a bit snakey, but it was cool.
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There’s a spot well above the store, in water 8’ across that will reliably hold a healtu char

From what I understand browns will come in on a tributary that connects that lake with the lodge
 
Matt B said:
I like the hook gap. What hook?
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I honestly don't remember. I know it's an Ahrex, but it's one of the longer shanked, finer wire ones I don't use a ton. I've actually lost a ton of fish on this pattern lately and I think it's due to the hook. Next time I tie some I plan to tie em on a shank or a tube or something.
 
mcswny said:
I love hearing about browns in that spring creek. few and far between, but when i do hear about them, they're usually "good" fish.
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/threadhijack Ditto. I wonder if they'll push up the Crooked now too /endthreadhijack
 
Matt B said:
Is that fly also tied to ride hook side down? With the dumbbell eyes tied on the under side of the shank like this? https://pnwflyfishing.com/forum/index.php?media/lunchtimeho-jpg.46047/

If so, I imagine it’s for a reason and I’m curious.
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Yes.
The natural tendency of wide gape, long-point heavy wire hooks in sz 1 and 1/0 is to ride point down. These ties rely on brushes and other wrapped materials for the profile, and many are wingless/keel-less. It would take far heavier eyes in awkward positions or additions of superfluous materials to make the hook ride point-up. Also, as the fish I tie these for are not feeding, they tend to nip at flies and rarely get the hook past the jawbone. Of the several dozen fish I landed this week, only one was hooked deep inside the mouth, and thet was on the roof of the mouth past the buccal flap.
 
G_Smolt said:
Yes.
The natural tendency of wide gape, long-point heavy wire hooks in sz 1 and 1/0 is to ride point down. These ties rely on brushes and other wrapped materials for the profile, and many are wingless/keel-less. It would take far heavier eyes in awkward positions or additions of superfluous materials to make the hook ride point-up. Also, as the fish I tie these for are not feeding, they tend to nip at flies and rarely get the hook past the jawbone. Of the several dozen fish I landed this week, only one was hooked deep inside the mouth, and thet was on the roof of the mouth past the buccal flap.
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Thank you for the explanation.
 
Northern said:
I'm on a quest to see how many species I can catch on a wiggle bug 😁
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Obviously, countless LMB of all sizes (black wiggle bug here... the other thing is a frog in its gullet!)
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Bunches of lake rainbows loved the little one above
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Ditto for lake cutties, but with pink marabou
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No pics, but also picked up some bluegill & pumpkin seeds.
This week, I'd tied a bigger version with a bunny tail, and was trying for coho in the salt.
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No love from the coho (on anything, none spotted that day where I was) but a pretty nice 17"ish searun munched it! (In the pic its body is resting on the gunwale. The ruler seen under it runs from 2" - 20" edge to edge of frame)
Fished on a sinking line, it moves an awful lot like a sandlance! I need to find some silver bunnies...
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Bwahaha!
The wiggle bug picks up a 25" coho and another fat 17" cuttie in the salt.
The SRC fought WAY harder.
And a sculpin to add to the list 😁
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The silver pretty much toasted it, though... need to tie that particular one on a stouter hook
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One of my tuna flatwings got destroyed by a dozen or so stripers this afternoon. Thanks Capt. Gregg Feather Dog Outfitters for putting me on the fish and landing them!

Edit: the strangest thing was netting and releasing a free swimming chinook that was just lollygagging at the surface right off the beach. Never done that before!
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