Folks!
Any ideas on fun fly-fish rivers in the Winthrop area? OK to fish for trout
in mid-October?
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From: Tom Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: Neah Bay/Sekiu
> > Hi folks,
>
> Sorry for the long silence this summer but have been very busy lately.
>
> Patrick - good luck with your Neah Bay trip.... I hope the fish will be
good to
> you as I have had excellent reports from there all season. Some of the
reports
> were of 100 fish days...yes I did say 100. Its Neah Bay...its suppose to
be
> that way. Try to stay focused after 50 or so. Most of the folks have been
> skipping, trolling and cast/trolling flies with great success. We must
give
> thanks to folks like Bill Nelson, that nearly invented the idea of
skimming
> flies on the surface for coho, Steve Raymond who is famously adept at
taking
> cutts and silvers on dries in the estuaries, and Mike Croft who has been
> showing folks how to take silvers on the surface for 25 yrs.
>
> This summer I have been playing with foam, last year it was hair body
> dries....next year who knows...the point is that it really doesn't matter.
What
> matters is the size and speed of your flies and how well they
perform/float at
> the desired speed. Coho are fast fish...they move between 3 and 6 knots
and
> will eagerly hit any thing that creates a wake on the surface. I have seen
> folks troll 6 and 7 inch tube flies, (blue and silver) and cast small
Chernobyl
> ants with the same results. One group of anglers at Neah Bay were having a
> contest to see how close to the boat they could troll up a fish......3
feet
> behind the motor won! Do me a favor and try just a bare hook and let me
know
> the results.
>
> My boat is a 17 footer and does just fine out there, but I make sure
everything
> is in top condition including my spare/trolling motor, cell phone for
trouble
> (its quicker response than radio) and gps. I also prefer to fish the buoy
and
> Duncan Rock...specially on an outgoing. Watch for big waves at the
entrance and
> keep a cautious eye on the weather. And .....wear your life jacket please.
If
> its windy check the bull kelp beds closer to Waada if no salmon you can at
> least save a day by playing the rockfish.
>
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