Re: Sea-Run Cutts: Locations and Techniques

[Richard Embry]

9 wt?!?!?!?  WOW!  How can you even tell when you have a 14 inch cuttie on your line!  My gosh, my buddies and I don't even use a stick that size when adult salmon are around en mass.  Matt's seven weight would even be overkill for cutts, and equipped with a good reel, handle any salmonid you should encounted in Puget Sound.   This time of year, a good fast action 6 weight should be just fine, with maybe the need for a 7 if gets too blustery.  Most of my pals who fish the salt have counted coup on a number of nice sized coho, all caught on fast action 6 weights.  With that said, I also know some guys who use 7's year round, knowing that it's a little too much rod early in the season, and that it will work fine and could possibly be a little undersized later in the year, but they can use one rod all year that will suffice for most conditions.   Summarizing, a 6 or 7 would be a great salt Puget Sound salt stick.   Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt Burke To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 6:02 PM Subject: Re: Sea-Run Cutts: Locations and Techniques Hey Ryan, I would think it would be cool to meet you and fish for Cutts. Your site is all action. Anyway, your best bet is north on 405 and over I-5, like you were headed to Mukelteo. You can head all the way out to the ferry, but if you get off on 99, it's just a little hop to Picnic Point. I live in Mill Creek so I could meet you say at Teds sport center and then run ya down there. As far as equipment, I use a 9wt, hoping for the killer Salmonid, but it works on Cutts too. I use floating and intermediate lines and some shooting heads I play with on a running line. I have a 7 wt I'm going to set up with a Rio multi-tip and will use that for Cutts primarily. I've just started tying up salt flies so I don't have everything I need yet. Maybe some of the other guys can give a suggestion or two. I only have one or two reels for salt. Either way, I am religious about rinsing everything with fresh water when I get home. Now I don’t know it all, but I can get ya out on the salt from the beach. I usually fish somewhere every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 to 1 in the morning, after my kids get on the bus for school. You can send me a private message through washingtonflyfishing.com. My handle over there is mattzoid and we can set up a time and place.  I am headed there this Tuesday. Let me know whasup, Matt From: Ryan Davey To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 5:28 PM Subject: Sea-Run Cutts: Locations and Techniques I know there are a number of members of this mailing list who fish for sea-run cutthroats here in the Puget Sound Area, and was hoping to get a bit of information from them.  I have been watching and reading the posts regarding this with interest, but find it a bit hard to follow.   Being somewhat new to the Pacific Northwest, my experience for fishing for sea-run cutthroat is severly limited.  Since I live in the area, I figured I might as well give it a try, and see what all the fuss is about.    I am looking for information on what techniques, flies, lines, leaders, and of course, locations to chase these fish.  I would assume, having had a few years of saltwater fly fishing experience, that the fishing is somewhat dependent on the tides.  What are the best tides to fish, the waxing tide, waning tide, or dead tide?    I have heard to look for locations that have a river flowing into a beach, can anyone suggest some locations near Redmond?  The reason I am interested in this is I'm looking for a bit of fishing to do before and/or after work, since I work night-shift and have the days off.   I have found the article on Washingtonflyfishing.com quite informative, and the website pugetsoundflyfishing.com informative as well, but neither of them provide any locations that sound familiar to me.  Any suggestions of where to go that's close?   Anyone out there interested in taking a newbie sea-run cutt fisherman fishing, drop me a line…   Ryan Davey worldanglr   Calling Fly Fishing a hobby is like calling Brain Surgery a job. - Paul Schullery