Hello James,
A great way to approach silvers is to watch the showing fish move along the
shore line and determine the turn around points. Find a spot close to the
inside of the turn so you can present your fly as they come by, start to turn
and come back the other way. This will give you more time to show your fly
and show it to excited fish. Coho will get turned on by the circling motion
as their sides will flash each other when they turn and signal a feeding
opportunity. Then they will cruise back to either a point,rip line, dock ect
that will turn them back again. When fishing amphipods I like to strip about
3-6 inches at a time keeping my tip just in the water. Keeping your tip just
wet will transfer crisp action to your fly. Holding your tip high will buffer
that action by the slack from the tip to the water. The rhythm I like to use
goes like this strip strip strip pause strip pause strip strip. Be prepared
to get hit on the pause...... these fish move fast so I like to set hard
...especially if they hit when moving at you. My best fly for amphipods right
now is a burnt orange reduced polar shrimp.
Amphipods are sooooo fun to fish....
good luck
Capt. T Wolf
JAMES OSHERSKY wrote:
> fished lincoln park 2/20 at 5pm. overcast, warm and incoming tide. tied on
> crazie charlie, floating line and let drift with occasional twitch(is this
> correct?). thought i may have had a couple takes but couldn't tell if fly
> was catching bottom as i retrieved. have yet to hook a coho. casting out
> about 35-45 ft. holding tip of rod up. any suggestions?
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