I'll second that Andy, I ended up in the middle of a lot of gear guys
bounding the water just up from I-5 and managed to hook and release two nice
pinks and miss one more. I was the only fly guy out there and I landed the
first fish ever on my spey rod and Okuma Sierra reel on a fly I tied this
morning. Wasn't going to say anything about my Okuma reel till I had landed
a fish on it and now that I have, it is a wonderful reel. The drag worked
great as the fish ran several times and I got to see it do it's stuff.
Thanks all for the info as to where to find the fish. It was amazing to see
all those fish jumping like trout on a hatch of of caddis. I used a
floating line with a pink and white Clouser....
Tight lines my friends,
Charlie
> From: "Andy Towell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 19:51:41 -0700
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Even more Humpies
> Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Resent-Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 19:50:12 -0700
>
> Sean and Rob,
>
> Sean's description should put you in the money. The only thing that I would
> add is to look for fish that are not being pounded. Lots of fish, but lots
> of fishermen (or at least people chucking things at fish...) Exercise the
> legs and try and get away from the people and the fish will be more
> aggressive. I was down at the tide water on the Stilli this morning and
> landed ~15 in three hours, with a lot more blown chances - lots of fresh
> fish still moving up, so try and hit them before the masses can "select" out
> the biters.
>
> Tight lines,
>
> Andy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Grier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 9:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Even more Humpies
>
>
>> 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
>>
>
>
