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I’m starting to get
a good idea of a few places to try, so I thought I’d sent a follow up
email with a few questions I have.
I sat down last night and tied up a dozen clousers
in white/chartuese and white/olive with various
materials and various head weights.
That should get me started as far as pattern selection goes. I have a six weight, it’s a
Winston so probably not as fast a rod as I should be
using, but it’ll do. I only
have a floating line for it with a couple of various size sink tip heads, but
that should get me by. My reel is a
Bauer and I’ve used it in salt water before. Let’s pose a
scenario. I drive to a local spot, rig
up my rod, tie on a size 8 olive clouser, and wonder
down to the beach. As one angler
told me, I would wade out about knee deep, start casting parallel to the shore,
and fan cast my way down the beach.
However, what sort of structure am I looking for? Are there certain areas I should be
concentrating my casting on? I
understand that kelp beds attract fish, as that’s where baitfish are
likely to be found, but what about depressions in the beach? I would assume I should work just about
any structure I can find with a few more casts than normal, and cover the
unlikely looking areas a bit more quickly. My other big question is
what retrieve should I be using?
Seeing as I’m using an olive clouser, I’m
imitating a baitfish. Do these
baitfish I’m imitating move quickly, or should I be using a slower, jerkier
retrieve? Has anyone found one
retrieve to be more successful than others? Or should I be varying my retrieve? Also, I hear talk about
resident silvers, what exactly are people talking about? Does this mean silvers that stay in the
sound year-round? Are there certain
areas that these fish can be found with any frequency, or are they spread out
randomly? Do just about any beaches
hold sea-run cutthroats? Are the
fish actually congregating at the beaches, or are you just catching them as
they’re passing through because this happens to be a place where you can
fish for them? Has anyone fished
the beaches on the north coast of the Thanks for all the
helpful posts and comments… Ryan
Davey Calling Fly Fishing a hobby is like calling Brain Surgery a job. - Paul Schullery -----Original
Message----- 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
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 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 |
- Re: Sea-Run Cutts: Locations and Techniques redshedflyshop
- Re: Sea-Run Cutts: Locations and Techniques David Fliger
- Re: Sea-Run Cutts: Locations and Techniques Richard Embry
- Re: Sea-Run Cutts: Locations and Techniques Ryan Davey
- Re: Sea-Run Cutts: Locations and Techniques Richard Embry
- Re: Sea-Run Cutts: Locations and Techniques Razerclam
- Re: Sea-Run Cutts: Locations and Techniques Darin Minor
