Leland,
Would you be kind enough to share your Coho popper recipe with me? It sounds
like you have a lot of experience in the salt and had success with that
pattern. How did you come up with it? Is it similar to the pink wog fished
in Alaska?
----- Original Message -----
From: Leland Miyawaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: saltwater flyfishing
> Sky wrote,
>
> >That was very helpful, but I have just a couple of questions I hope you
> >wouldn't mind answering.
> >
> >When do you prefer sinking and floating line?
> I use my dryline when I fish my surface poppers. I will also use it with
> sinking or wet flies when the water is "bumpy" or the fish are actively
> slashing and crashing bait and I need to pick up my line, make one false
> cast, or water haul, and put the fly on another fish. I will use the
> slimeline when the water is glass smooth and/or I think the fish are a
> surface shy.
>
> >When you do use sinking, how long do you let it sink?
> Because I am fishing moving water, the amount the line sinks is dependent
> on the speed of the water. If you make uptide mends, you can slow the fly
> down and drop it a bit deeper and a downtide mend will speed up the fly.
>
> >Do you let the fish take it or set it as soon as you feel the hit?
> If you fish a tight line and are in contact with your fly, simply lifting
> the rod on the strike will hook most salmon. When big fish hit, I usually
> give them a second hit to make sure they're on as good as they can be. On
> my poppers with a two-handed strip, since it's all visual, I keep pulling,
> until I feel the fish on hard, even after I see and feel the strike.
>
> >Thanks
> >-Sky dunphy
> >
> >
> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leland Miyawaki)
> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Subject: Re: saltwater flyfishing
> >>Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 18:02:48 -0700
> >>
> >>Hope this helps,
> >>Leland.
> >>
> >> >Sky wrote:
> >>
> >> >I'm very interested in try the saltwater flyfishing like you would do
at
> >> >lincoln park or the narrows bridge or at golden gardens for sea-run
> >>cutts.I
> >> >have some basic questions about it:
> >> >
> >> >-what weight rods
> >>I use six and eight weight rods. The six is a 9' Sage SP and the eight
is a
> >>10' Scott Heliply. The longer rods will help keep your backcasts off the
> >>sloping beaches. I use leaders over 12' tapered to 3 or 2x on my dryline
> >>which is a Mastery steelhead taper but I am currently using a bonefish
> >>line. I use a shorter 5' leader on a Mastery stillwater line (slimeline)
> >>for my sinker. The six weight rod, I use during the winter/spring months
> >>primarily for sea runs, and smaller resident silvers. I am fishing the
> >>eight weight now because I am fishing over larger coho and the
occassional
> >>blackmouth and soon, chums. And it will get windy soon. Use reels that
will
> >>not corrode.
> >>
> >> >-best tides to fish
> >>I look for moving tides right on the beach at points of land. Depending
on
> >>the beach, it can be either incoming or outgoing. I prefer big changes
and
> >>will fish them four to two hours before the change.
> >>
> >> >-neccessary backing (length ang strength)
> >>Just the backing as necessary for the reel you're using. Only the larger
> >>kings will take out an unusual amount of line.
> >>
> >> >-time of day factor?
> >>I like lowlight, which could be dawn, dusk, rain, fog, or overcast. But
if
> >>there is lots of bait, anytime will do.
> >>
> >> >-what flys (for cutts and salmon)
> >>Take a look at Les Johnson's Flyfishing for Pacific Salmon. But
generally,
> >>we're talking baitfish imitations now and euphasid and amphipods
(shrimpy
> >>stuff) for the winter/spring.
> >>
> >> >-wading
> >>Just deep enough to keep your flyline off the sand, or to get a little
more
> >>line out.
> >>
> >> >-presentation (line, stripping, depth)
> >>I have been using a very steady two handed strip with the rod under my
arm,
> >>but you can use short one-handed strips. Imagine shaking a thermometer
is
> >>the way Les Johnson calls the Euphasid Hop.
> >>
> >> >Any help would be appreciated
> >> >
> >> >-Sky Dunphy
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
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