I fished Hood Canal yesterday with my fatherinlaw. We arrived at the
beach at about 10:00 and just after getting our rods set up, my
fatherinlaw was trying to set up our drift with the tide when I noticed
a couple of coho rolling on the surface. I immediately started casting
an 'experimental' floating candle fish pattern and they were all over
it, unfortunately the line fouled around the hook. I switched to a dry
fly and again they were all over it. I caught about 10-12 coho and 6-7
sea-run cutthroat in about 4 hours of fishing. The best fish of the day
was about a 3-4 lb coho that launched itself about 4-5 times, and the
best cutthroat was a feisty one about 16". Most of the fish were caught
of a dry fly, which is just an absolute rush when they take it. This was
my fatherinlaw first time flyfishing in 21 years, he caught one 14" cutt
and had several other strikes. He said he had a great time and he will
do more flyfishing. Boy it feels good to get somebody interested in the
sport.
Darin
