What I would add to the previous response is: I've had very good luck with
either a chartreuse/white clouser or one tied with pink & white & dumbell
(think richard embry) eyes :) as the coho get nearer to the estuary or are
hanging around in it I stick with the stillwater line & a 10' flourocarbon
leader. I've given folks flies that I was catching fish with & if they
didn't have the clear line & long flourocarbon leader they didn't catch
fish. Mike Croft has a great "stale" coho fly" #6 bronze hook, gold bead
head, gold mylar body with clear nail polish over the mylar to toughen it, 2
turns of orange hackle & in front of the the orange hackle & just back of
the bead - a yellow crest feather from the golden pheasant; use the entire
gold feather. this can work when nothing else does. sometimes nuttin works.
Bill Hamilton (Embry's best buddy)
----- Original Message -----
From: "PAUL "PRE" ELSBERRY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Waflyfishers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 6:19 PM
Subject: Puget Sound Coho
> OK, here's my question for the list. You're fishing for coho on Puget
> Sound. Fish are jumping all around you and continue to for hours. The
fish
> are not yet moving into the river, but they are nearing the delta, perhaps
a
> mile or two away. People casting buzz bombs, spoons and/or spinners or
> trolling herring are hooking fish. You have a fly and you catch only the
> odd fish, certainly not having the hot fly. What fly would you use for
best
> results, what line?
>
> Paul
>
>
