Rob, I'm a neophyte when it comes to this, so I know Patrick will have better
advice, but I was just below the I-5 bridge off of Hwy 530. You take 7th Ave.
(Gulhagen) up to 220th Street and around and there's a spot under the I-5 bridge
to hike in. Big inside sweeping curve to the river, and you can wade out almost
to the middle of the river. There were rollers all over the place, and I was
using a pretty heavily weighted dumbell fly in bright pink (about a size 2 or 4)
with a type III sinking line and "chuckin' and duckin'" it out as far as I could
straight across the river, then stripping it back in moderately quick short
strips. The line would go tight as you strip, and you haul back hard to set the
hook. They seem alot like dogs, in that they don't react to the hookset right
away. Gives you a chance to reel in your strippings. Key here I found was, like
with Steelies, you need SHARP HOOKS! Take a hook file with you.
Like I say, I'm a neophyte, so if anyone (read: Patrick) can add to this, please
do.
Good luck and tight lines.
Sean
P.S. I noticed the bucks fight more like bull dogs, just taking you down to the
bottom and shaking their heads, but the hens give you some great fast runs into
your backing. Fun, fun, fun!!!
Rob Blomquist wrote:
> On Friday 07 September 2001 06:25 pm, Sean Grier wrote:
> > Yep, went this morning. Only picked up 6, but still an awful lot of
> > fun. (I even picked up an 11" 'bow! - but I guess it could have been a
> > steelhead smolt, but it looked an aweful lot like a 'bow)
> >
> So now, what's the deal? I was at the Stilly this evening, and zero'd again.
> How are you guys getting so many?
>
> BTW, what are the flies that you guys would recommend for humpies? And should
> I drift them shallow or deep, retrivive them like a streamer, or drift them
> like a steelie fly?
>
> Rob
