09-15-2008, 05:49 AM
You dont say where your fishing for these Silvers.
You use a smaller fly up in the rivers and a larger fly out in the Bay.
You can use Clousers out in the bay.
I'm not a Die-hard Fly-only Silver fisherman, but out of Seward, I used a bunch of big Salmon Fly's I brought with me from Puget sound.
It aint easy!
I stood up on the bow of my 24' boat. Cast and cast and cast....My arm and shoulder ached for a couple days over that trip.
I had a 9' #9 Fenwick with a #10 fast sinking line. Dark Green line. I'd lose the line in the dark of the water and could still see the fly for several feet as it sank.
You know you have fish when the fly starts bouncing from place to place down there. They are fighting for it.
Your gonna get your fingers burnt when you hook one and he takes off. Dont try to rein him in too soon, and be ready for the Charge. He'll go out away from the hook till he's sure that wont work, and then he'll come back to you and under the boat a lot faster than you can strip the line in. Dont fiddle with one of those Stripping baskets.
I just kept my feet apart and every time he took a breather I reeled in line like a crazy man.
If your gonna fly fish for Salmon in a River you better hire a boat. There's plenty of places to fish for Silvers from a boat, but hardly any from the bank.
The 'Combat Fishermen' wont put up with Fly Fishing on those bends where its elbow to elbow.
When your coming back in (from your salt water trip) make your return speed about 10 Mph and put a rod in the holder.
Trail a big Silver fly back in the wake of the boat. The fly will go up the wake, down the other side and back.
Let the drag be loose because Silvers hit at pretty hi speed.
I know you'll have a good time no matter where you go.
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You use a smaller fly up in the rivers and a larger fly out in the Bay.
You can use Clousers out in the bay.
I'm not a Die-hard Fly-only Silver fisherman, but out of Seward, I used a bunch of big Salmon Fly's I brought with me from Puget sound.
It aint easy!
I stood up on the bow of my 24' boat. Cast and cast and cast....My arm and shoulder ached for a couple days over that trip.
I had a 9' #9 Fenwick with a #10 fast sinking line. Dark Green line. I'd lose the line in the dark of the water and could still see the fly for several feet as it sank.
You know you have fish when the fly starts bouncing from place to place down there. They are fighting for it.
Your gonna get your fingers burnt when you hook one and he takes off. Dont try to rein him in too soon, and be ready for the Charge. He'll go out away from the hook till he's sure that wont work, and then he'll come back to you and under the boat a lot faster than you can strip the line in. Dont fiddle with one of those Stripping baskets.
I just kept my feet apart and every time he took a breather I reeled in line like a crazy man.
If your gonna fly fish for Salmon in a River you better hire a boat. There's plenty of places to fish for Silvers from a boat, but hardly any from the bank.
The 'Combat Fishermen' wont put up with Fly Fishing on those bends where its elbow to elbow.
When your coming back in (from your salt water trip) make your return speed about 10 Mph and put a rod in the holder.
Trail a big Silver fly back in the wake of the boat. The fly will go up the wake, down the other side and back.
Let the drag be loose because Silvers hit at pretty hi speed.
I know you'll have a good time no matter where you go.
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