Leland since you are home so soon I hope this doesn't mean you left the game
early.
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leland Miyawaki)
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 22:25:47 -0700
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: saltwater flyfishing
> Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Resent-Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 22:29:23 -0700
>
> 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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