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> From: "Patrick Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:27:59 -0700
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: saltwater flyfishing
> Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:23:08 -0700
>
> Leland,
>
> Would you be kind enough to share your Coho popper recipe with me? It sounds
> like you have a lot of experience in the salt and had success with that
> pattern. How did you come up with it? Is it similar to the pink wog fished
> in Alaska?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Leland Miyawaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 10:25 PM
> Subject: Re: saltwater flyfishing
>
>
>> 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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