If you left out the bead chain eyes how much would that
impact your chances?
Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: Preston Singletary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Washington Fly fishers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 1:42 PM
Subject: estuary fishing
> JeffO,
> You're probably a little late for the cutt and dolly fishing in the mouths
> of the Skagit. They move up (or down) into the lower river in March to
> intercept the chum and (in even years) humpy fry that are outmigrating.
> Almost anyplace in Port Susan and along the east shore of Camano Island
can
> provide good cutthoat and dolly fishing, year round at times. It should be
> improving as more and more post-spawning cuthroat return to saltwater and
> begin feeding up for next fall's spawning run. This early in the season
> there are probably still some fry around as well as newly hatched
candlefish
> so small baitfish patterns (Les Johnson's and Dan Lemaich's Thorne River
> Emerger is a good one). For attractor patterns The Reversed Spider in
orange
> and wood duck has been a favorite of mine for several years now. Humpies
> will be coming back this year and almost any simple pink pattern should
> work. They are a blast in saltwater and in the lower reaches of the Stilly
> or Skagit (if they have a humpy season this year). Ala Spit on the east
side
> of Whidbey just south of Deception Pass is a good place to intercept them.
> Hopefully we'll be getting a good return of coho and it's been my
experience
> that pink works just as well for them, at least in the saltwater. I tie a
> pattern that I call the Hubert Humpy that works well for humpies as well
as
> coho in the fall:
> Hook: size 8 Mustad 3760
> Thread: x-fine monofilament
> Body: pearl diamond braid
> Wing and tail: pink rabbit strip
> Eyes: silver bead chain
> Tie in the rabbit strip at the bend of the hook leaving at least a quarter
> inch of hide trailing behind the tie-in point. Tie in the diamond braid
and
> wind it to the front. Bring the rabbit strip forward over the back and tie
> it down. Tie the bead chain eyes in with a series of figure eights. Trim
the
> rabbit strip so that the hair trails back the eqiuvalent of 3/4 of the
> length of the body. Fish it on a floating or intermediate line with a
fast,
> erratic strip. Good luck.
>
>
