Pinks, Pinks, and more Pinks!

Every odd year the pink salmon show up in the Puget Sound. This picture was taken after my buddy Gary and I did some damage to the pinks in my boat. This was the norm for us on our trips out for the pinks.

Sea Run Cutthroat!

This last spring, summer and fall were great for Sea Run Cutthroat.

The new improved squid

This is my upgraded squid that I spiced up last night and tied on a tube. It is about 4 inches long. I plan to use it for Pink, Coho , and Chinook salmon. The fly is very durable with a lot of super glue on the front half and a medium bead on the front to give it some weight.

Squid flies

Over the last year I have been coming up with a squid fly. I have done a lot of tweaking with it and am now happy with it. I have caught many fish on them as well. The only thing is that they are hard to cast because they are so heavy. The wings in front are pieces of plastic that I cut out glue on and paint. These flies are very time consuming to tie because of the amount of epoxy that is used on them, you have to let it dry between steps. You can tie them with or without trailer hooks as seen in the two above.

Kokanee on the fly

A little late but might make you decide to get out and try. My buddy and I have always wanted to catch a Kokanee on a fly, well we finally did it last year. When I got out of school we took my boat out to a local lake and did well for our first time. With in 30 minutes we had about 3-4 hits that we missed, then finally started to land a few. All said in done I think we went 3 for 8-10.We used 4 and 5 wt rods with fast sink tips to get down to them. Maggot flies were also the ticket. The picture is of a 12-13 inch Kokanee I caught.

G-MOAL Leach!

The G-MOAL Leach is tied for Winter Steelhead. My opinion is that the fly is a little too big for practical use in Washington Rivers but I would fill my boxes with them if I was to go to Canada or Alaska. We know it catches fish but I don't fish flies that I don't have confidence in and this is one of them, at least for Washington.

The Mirage Popper!

The Mirage Popper is actually tied for tuna and sailfish but I have shrunk it down to use for Coho Salmon. The original fly is 6 to 8 inches long. I shrank it down to 3.5 inches for the Coho. It is tied on a tube and on a 1/2 inch piece of foam for the head. This way the fly slides up the line and is not destroyed by the fish. I cant wait to use it, and let you know how it works, it is kind of a new creation that I am experimenting with.