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 Coho And Silvers In Haines, Alaska: Colors For Fly Fishing On The Swing?
Posted by fishonyukon on Friday, October 13 @ 13:58:24 PDT
Like a moose hunt every fall, the pilgrimage from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada to Haines Alaska for Coho is not to be missed. I have been going for about 10 years now and have slowly weened myself off of chucking pixees with my baitcaster. I have only been fly-fishing for about four years on these rivers for Coho/Silver salmon. I have been met with some success but could use your help. Maybe some steelhead tips might help from different parts. I fish an eight weight with a variety of fairly quick sinking line. I usually throw out a chartreuse, hot pink, orange, purple or red flash fly, bunny, shrimp, woolly bugger, popsicle type pattern in a simple wet-fly swing. Depending on which river I fish, it is usually about 4-10 feet deep with a smooth sandy bottom and some straight sections with some pools and eddies. Quite often the water is unclear and there are big, old Chum/Dog salmon to get around to get to the Coho. I have often wanted to rig a bottom
bouncing type rig (like in Jason's videos) but I fear that I already have a hard time punching out my heavy lines and flies, that adding more weight would make my presentation pathetic. Any recommendations for new presentations, flies or colours?
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Re: Coho And Silvers In Haines, Alaska: Colors For Fly Fishing On The Swing?
by AvidDavid on Friday, October 13 @ 18:11:07 PDT | | I think (and Jason can correct me if I'm wrong) that indicator fishing is usually done with a floating fly line. (That's all I use for this method.) This avoids the sinking of the indicator by the sinking line and makes lifting the line off the water for a roll cast or a back cast a little easier. It also permits you to "mend" the floating line during the drift to prolong the "drag-free" drift of the indicator. During casting, the indicator and fly combination results in a "hinged" effect on the leader. It's not as pretty as casting dries but if you are casting weighted flies you have already given up on pretty casts in deference to getting the fly where you want it. I think that you will find that casting a floating line will take care of a lot of your concerns. |
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