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No problem with the ?'s
We rented a boat with no motor from Curleys for $35 a day. It
was a fiberglass/wood open bow 16'. We stuck a 10 hp motor on it as that was
what we had. I believe they may have had a couple of boats with motors at
$75/day. Olsons and Van Ripers also have boats with motors in the $70/day
range. I think all are in the 16' range and the motors in the 15 hp range.
None of the boats is particularly nice, so bring dry bags, to keep anything in
that you do not want to get slimy! Coolers for hatchery fish, electronics for
safety. They seat cushions and life vests. In addition to the
electronics I also brought a bailing device (Clorox bottle with the bottom cut
out) and would recommend that as well. (Not that the boat leaked, but we
took a fair amount of chop over the bow and the boats did not have anything to
bail with.
Hope that helps!
Andy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:32
AM
Subject: Re: Sekiu Salmon Bonanza
Andy, what was the rate on the boat
rentals? What types of boats were they (i.e. 15' aluminum, etc.)?
Is there only one rental boat option (size, etc.)? Did you supply your
own motor, or are rental motors available?
Sorry for the thirty questions, but you
understand . . .
Richard
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001
5:57 PM
Subject: Re: Sekiu Salmon Bonanza
Sean,
Patrick was using his pontoon boat on the inside bay water
next to the beach. This weekend we were fishing predominately on the kelp
outside of the bay and the current was probably running 2+ knots. We were in
a rental boat with a 10 hp motor and I was very unhappy on the return
trip running up current, upwind, in the swells and wind chop with three
heavy bodies in the rental boat. Slip point (the area around the green bell
buoy on the east side of the bay) can get extremely dangerous
under various wind, current and swell combinations, so please be
careful. The rental boats contain no safety equipment (lights, radio, GPS)
and fog can also be a real concern, as the current can move you a
long way. I had pretty good coverage with the cell phone, but also brought a
CB, the GPS and a compass just in case.
John,
About patterns: While I would like to say that it took a
lot of careful work to develop successful imitative patterns, that was not
the case. I used two flies predominately - both about 4" long and tied on
size 4 daichi salt water hooks. A friend suggested that the patters are
variations of the Sea Habit, but I copied them off of an umpqua herring
pattern that I had purchased some time ago, so I do not know for sure. The
herring version has a white belly topped with green, blue, and peacock
with each layer consisting of a mixture of reflective materials and non
reflective (I used crystal flash, flashabou and angelhair, with
polyhair for the non-reflective component, but if I would have had a dead
polar bear around, would probably of used it...), and an epoxy head formed
over a short piece of pearlescent body material. The other top producer
was a white and pink version (white, pink, fluorescent pink). I also tried
chartreuse and felt that it was attracting only the smaller fish when cast
and stripped, but John, the third party in the boat hooked some on
the chartreuse clouser he was chucking and it held its own when
bucktailing. I also tried a purple topped version, as it had once been
suggested to me that purple was the magic color in September on the straits,
but it did no better than the herring or pink versions. Patrick appeared
partial to greens. A realistic candlefish pattern also did nothing
better.
We had some discussion about tying in a stinger hook, but
I think a lot of the missed fish were willing to come back and hit again, or
were just the little guys (12-18"), so rather than increase the hooking
mortality and the number of small fish caught, we stuck to the
shorter-shanked patterns.
I hope that helps,
Andy
PS I could post pictures of the patterns if desired, but I
am not sure that it matters that much.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001
3:40 PM
Subject: Re: Sekiu Salmon
Bonanza
10-4! Thanks for the clarification. Never been
to Sekiu, but I think I'll rent a boat when I do. As I recall, you
guys were talking about them not being too expensive. Though my
passport is up-to-date, I'm not really interested in a revival of The
Minnow and Gilligan's Island!
Leland Miyawaki wrote:
I thought it was Patrick Peterson, who began this thread, that took a
pontoon boat into Sekiu. I believe he was talking about cruising the
shoreline near the road on the inside of Clallam Bay. If that's all you
did, you'll be OK, but if you begin thinking thoughts of chasing salmon
outside the buoy, you'd better bring your
passport. Leland.
Thanks, Willy! That's kinda what
I expected, but it seems that I recall someone making a reference to
pontoon boats in a previous post re. Sekiu. I get uncomfortable
floating around Kayak Pt in my pontoon, so I will heed your words of
caution. Yeah, maybe my wife and I will rent a boat this weekend
and pick up some silvers on a flyrod.
Thanks again.
s
Willy Gevers wrote:
The open ocean is nothing to be trifled
with. I have flyfished at Sekiu and Neah Bay in a 15 foot aluminum
skiff with a 25hp and felt only marginally safe. Rent a boat or go
with a friend who has a boat so that you will be around to post your
next fishing report!
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Grier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 12:23
PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
Re: Sekiu Salmon Bonanza
Patrick,
Would you say it's safe for a one-man 8' pontoon boat
to be out there in the rip/kelp, or do you need something with a
little more power. I've got 6' oars on it.
I'd hate to end up in Victoria (or Hawaii), just
'cause I wanted to touch a silver with a fly....
Thanks, man! Sean
PATRICK PETERSEN wrote:
Greetings list members, To
start off, I hope everyone has a better week this week than last
and my prayers go out to the everyone effected by this tragedy.
A couple of friends and I went to Sekiu to fish Sunday and
Monday and it was by far the best thing we could do to get our
minds off of recent events. The Silvers were in the kelp beds
just waiting for our flies to be cast at them. Many of the fish
were in the four to five pound range and we also got a few seven
to eight pounders. Buck tailing was definitely the best method
for numbers of fish with casting and stripping being
effective but not as much so. The fish seemed to
concentrate at the points of land sticking out into the water
where a rip had formed. Several times we had three or even four
fish on at a time in those areas. Andy was even inspired to put
down his rod (when his arm got tired) and picked up the video
camera to film this event. Hopefully we will have some footage
soon to share with the website so you all can see for yourselves
just how hot fly fishing can be in the salt. Sekiu and Neah Bay
is so under fished by the fly angling community ! ! it surprises
me that more people aren't doing it. No crowds and tons of
fish. In fact I have been thinking of attempting to set up
a Washington fly fishers outing there next year.On Sunday we
wanted to see just how many fish we could actually hand release
not counting any fish that came off next to the boat or any fish
that played but came un buttoned. The total for three of us in
eight hours were 67 fish LANDED with at least twice that with
fish on. If anyone is interested in joining us for an outing
next year you can contact me by e-mail. It is plenty early to
make plans,but I for one,am already counting the days. Oh and if
that isn't exciting enough there are also the occasional king to
be caught. --- PATRICK PETERSEN--- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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