>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?
I've been fishing a #10 white crazy charlie I've called a polar charlie
(for obvious reasons) on a stillwater line. Fish the moving tide, let a
belly form downtide and let the fly swing - the basic wet fly swing. Hold
the rod tip down low and maintain contact with the fly by making small
twitches that make the fly jig up and down. If your fly is moving too fast,
make an uptide mend as soon as the fly hits the water (you're fishing a wet
line and you can't mend once it's in the water without disturbing the fly).
Fish the moving tide as if it were a big, wide river. Read the water
remembering the amphipods and eauphasids are being carried by the current
(unlike baitfish which are chased into the shore). In the case of our Sound
water, you need to find the spots where the moving water comes closest to
shore, unless you like making long casts. If you're making 45 foot casts,
find the appropriate water. Don't forget that, unlike rivers, you
eventually get closer to the main current as the tides get lower and vice
versa. Don't worry, we'll soon be off wet flies and onto the surface
poppers.
Leland.
