Tommy, I believe the popper recipe is in the archives.
Leland. >Hi Leland > What were the poppers you were using and what size and color. I think I >will give it a go up here in Disco Bay. Sounds like you had a great day >Tommy Thompson > >-----Original Message----- >From: Leland Miyawaki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 2:21 PM >To: Waflyfishers >Subject: South Sound Cutties II > > >I went out today to another favorite beach looking for cutts. This >time, I found them big time. > >I made my first cast at 9:30am, one hour after the moderate low of >6.2', 4 1/2 hours before the high slack of 11.9'. I fished until noon >(maybe this will be of help to Ray re: Estuary Question). > >The wind and rain built steadily until I left. I waded out from the >beach about 10 feet, put my back to the wind and made a first cast >directly parallel to shore (9-o'clock), another at 10 0'clock and a >third cast at 11 o'clock. I pulled the popper back to me slowly in >short strips back up against the wind waves. After three casts, I >walked down 5-10 feet and cast again. > >The casts at 9 and 10 o'clock did the trick (the ones out from the >beach did not draw any strikes). I got relatively few follows. >Instead I got thrashing, violent hits that were made all the more >dramatic by the wind-whipped spray. Most of the fish were beautifully >colored male cutts, some with beginnings of kypes. When they came out >of the water, they looked every bit like brown trout. > >I was by myself, so I only have photos of cutts with poppers in their >mouths lying next to a reel and rod. It was an awesome couple hours. > >Leland.
