06-06-2020, 07:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-06-2020, 07:23 AM by SalmonidsForever.)
I'm interested in someday fishing the mountain rivers of the Pac NW, mainly WA, OR and/or ID. My number one fish desired: a Pacific species of salmon of some kind that navigates rivers to spawning grounds. I now get my pink salmon out of cans in Oklahoma. It seems now that by reading TubeDude's replies above that a serious river salmon angler will have to risk those snag hazards to some to degree out of necessity. I'm living in Oklahoma now but I am considering buying a house in eastern Idaho in the future. Pacific Norwest is the only places in Lower 48 to river salmon fish Pacific salmon species: king, sockeye and others. My only taking of salmon has been on a party boat of the northern California coast. Party boats are nasty too. Snagging a river bed still isn't half as nasty as getting sea sick or getting tangled with other lines on a crowded party boat. If I were is seriously pursue river fishing I would want to master those skills to minimize snags while still effectively fishing. Snags are costly, time-consuming and pollute waters due to lost tackle.
What I need to do now is fetch a few modern books on the subject and perhaps a few modern videos on the subject as well. All those line-tying skills should be covered in details in book diagrams. It seems as fly-fishing offers the fewest snags with the most sophistication in casting, presentation and tackle handling. It's not for lazy folks accustomed to tossing a line in a reservoir off the shore, putting the rod in a holder while reading a book waiting for the little bell on the rod tip to ring.
Idaho, it seems, has super mountain fishing, the grandest in the Lower 48, but the Southern states have super dove hunting and easy deer hunting on the low flatlands from a stand or a blind with little strenuous hiking. The rivers and lakes of the South look dirty and catfish/bass isn't my cup of tea. I understand there's no salmon in Montana except in cans on the supermarket shelves. I was also considering buying a house around Austin, Texas, and Lone Star's a hunter's paradise for those who don't like long hikes and strenuous hill-climbing. Now the big decision: do I want to live in a state west of the Mississippi for grand hunting or grand fishing?
What I need to do now is fetch a few modern books on the subject and perhaps a few modern videos on the subject as well. All those line-tying skills should be covered in details in book diagrams. It seems as fly-fishing offers the fewest snags with the most sophistication in casting, presentation and tackle handling. It's not for lazy folks accustomed to tossing a line in a reservoir off the shore, putting the rod in a holder while reading a book waiting for the little bell on the rod tip to ring.
Idaho, it seems, has super mountain fishing, the grandest in the Lower 48, but the Southern states have super dove hunting and easy deer hunting on the low flatlands from a stand or a blind with little strenuous hiking. The rivers and lakes of the South look dirty and catfish/bass isn't my cup of tea. I understand there's no salmon in Montana except in cans on the supermarket shelves. I was also considering buying a house around Austin, Texas, and Lone Star's a hunter's paradise for those who don't like long hikes and strenuous hill-climbing. Now the big decision: do I want to live in a state west of the Mississippi for grand hunting or grand fishing?
"Endowed upon us by nature, the absolute right to keep and bear arms and the right to have such arms immediately available to each and every one of us for self-preservation is the inalienable human right of all law-abiding persons worldwide."