Catch of the day [Fishing]

[mmerkle]

Heyo, new to this thread. I’ve been fly fishing in Oregon for a few years now. It’s been mostly trout, but I’m trying to break into some rock fishing and migratory species.

Last tie:
Since the run a good fish on pink squirrels has subsided, I’ve calmed down in my fly construction (not that there’s anything terribly complex going on there, but it could be simpler).

F-fly: (once I get some dyed feathers, I’ll probably tie up a rainbow).

[Mizmazzle]

@mmerkle hecks yea dude! Clean work!!

[mmerkle]

@Mizmazzle thanks! The real test is always “now can I see them on the water…?” Which is why I’m happy to tie up the floaters in bright colors mostly.

[Ikeaparty]

Upgraded to a baitcaster yesterday, got a Shimano technium and a Daiwa tatula 200, everyone here uses a baitcasting setup for salmon float fishing.

Went to dog leg at Capilano River after work today and caught a Chinook jack that I took home, the white chinook has cool meat, trying to improve my fillet game now

[Giles]

Brilliant....

[Choko]

Nice one today

[Brian]

We are in the middle of an algae bloom here so the fishing has been lacking but last day of the school holidays Jacob caught a 33cm bream

[Giles]

Me working my arse off for another Tuna......Pic courtesy @goosehd .....

[aksu]

Beautiful day to catch not a damn thing

[goosehd]

@aksu …sometimes those are the best days. Looks beautiful

[scooter]

A bad day of fishing is better than a great day at work...

[Ikeaparty]

The salmon are starting to get pretty red, was fishing way up the Chehalis River (the BC Chehalis) off the Forest service roads today and caught this firetruck coho

[Mizmazzle]

@Ikeaparty dude! I need to move to where you live!

[Giles]

@aksu said in Catch of the day [Fishing]:

Beautiful day to catch not a damn thing

Just done 6 of them

[Ikeaparty]

@Mizmazzle come out to Vancouver we can have a time!! Winter steelhead season is up next

[mmerkle]

Steelhead is like a religion here in Oregon. If I can get my daughter into it, then no one will care how much time I’m out on the river in the dark and cold ;). She loves the flies…also she’s three…so, swimming first.

[Ikeaparty]

@mmerkle I gotta get on the fly, its my first year fishing, but I know where this is heading haha. Seems like everyone around here floats for steelhead around the city and then further out like up in Squamish its pretty fly dominant.

So far my favorite way to catch fish I have learned is twitching a jig, feels so great when you pull up your rod and its suddenly way heavier and chaos breaks loose

[mmerkle]

Any tips for “just casting the leader”. I’ve got a short fish stick for tight streams, but often my leader is trying to find its way back into the guides (with the weight of the fly line pulling it down). Any hot tips to keep this from happening? Maybe something other than “use a shorter leader?” lol. Maybe there’s no trick and I already know the answer…I just don’t like it.

[Giles]

When does it happen, when you are starting a new cast?

[mmerkle]

Ya know, when I think of it, it’s when I’m messing around that it happens (rod tip up and distracted). I’m thinking my first thing to try is to more actively manage my slack between casts and hold the leader on the water downstream or in hand as well. Thanks for getting me thinking…