05-29-2010, 01:28 AM
I've gotten about 12-15 Springers to the bank on a fly rod,
You'll most likely need a 10wt although use what you have if it has a warranty! I've broken 2 ~ 8wts and a 9 wt on salmon and trying to get loose from a snag with 17lb tippet. A switch or spey rod,12-15 ft long really helps get the fly to the back side of the rocks were a lot of the salmon hide and hang out when they've had a rack full of hardware thrown at then by other chunkers on the bank. Find the 1st slow water above a bunch of rapids and the Nooks will hang and rest in the tail of that whole! I'm always amazed just how close they are to the head of those rapids !
On the Lochsa were I caught most of my salmon, they seem to like anything chartreuse over everything else!
Fly fishing and drift fishing is pretty much the same technique other than the cast and the weight. I use a sink tip wt dependent on water flow, to get down to the fish. I pretty much think that 50% of the fish hooked were flossed. Just like in Drift fishing?
Good Luck The Lochsa should be hopping in a week or two! I'm heading to Clear creek in the morning and working my way back up stream all weekend! I have rigs set up to mooch, drift, bobber and Fly!
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You'll most likely need a 10wt although use what you have if it has a warranty! I've broken 2 ~ 8wts and a 9 wt on salmon and trying to get loose from a snag with 17lb tippet. A switch or spey rod,12-15 ft long really helps get the fly to the back side of the rocks were a lot of the salmon hide and hang out when they've had a rack full of hardware thrown at then by other chunkers on the bank. Find the 1st slow water above a bunch of rapids and the Nooks will hang and rest in the tail of that whole! I'm always amazed just how close they are to the head of those rapids !
On the Lochsa were I caught most of my salmon, they seem to like anything chartreuse over everything else!
Fly fishing and drift fishing is pretty much the same technique other than the cast and the weight. I use a sink tip wt dependent on water flow, to get down to the fish. I pretty much think that 50% of the fish hooked were flossed. Just like in Drift fishing?
Good Luck The Lochsa should be hopping in a week or two! I'm heading to Clear creek in the morning and working my way back up stream all weekend! I have rigs set up to mooch, drift, bobber and Fly!
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