Fishing

[Surreal]

I resemble that remark...

[Mr Boozificator]

Hmmmm, salmon and Hollandaise sauce. Good salmon, good fishy.

[Craptastic]

About time Surreal. Very nice - and as I view the adipose fin I wonder if the flow you are on is hatchery enhanced, or you are lucky enough to have a wild stock that don't mind artificial offerings.

Do tell, cork soaker!

Most of the hatchery steel/coho/chinook have the adipose fin cut off in this Canadian province. But believe it or not, there are fawks who, after catching there intended target, will cut off the adipose just to keep the fish. Must be hungry fishers out there.

So question for ya - do you run longlead or splitshot on your setup? I'm a spitshot runner, as i always thought the longleads made too much noise when running along the shallower spots and became ineffective.

For instance, when your dealing with shallow flows that only hold wild fish (and we are talking about 50 in a winter season) ..............




And then the larger flows that actually HAVE hatchery enhanced steel on them...


And some from a few seasons ago - when the 2005 winter season was the best we've seen it....

[Surreal]

We get both hatchery/adipose clipped steel and wild naturally reproducing steel. Both will take a swung fly or a yarn egg/nymph.

that fish was caught on a pin. I tend to taper split shot from the float to the fly for pinning. The only time I run pencil-lead is when we're bottom bouncing a twin fly rig in faster water. I haven't done it in a while as I've been having more fun on the swing and running indicator/float rigs with pins and fly rods.

[Craptastic]

The only time I run pencil-lead is when we're bottom bouncing a twin fly rig in faster water.

Sadly, we can't run twin rigs anywhere here, but have noticed some do have use the dropper fly method when they know the local conservation officer is in the bar.

Keep it coming with the steel pictures, Surreal.

[bluebottle]

shoot, i ain't never had no twin rig run up my adipose fin. wet your hands first!

[Surreal]

shoot, i ain't never had no twin rig run up my adipose fin. wet your hands first!

You gotta pay extra for that.

[peetie44]

shoot, i ain't never had no twin rig run up my adipose fin. wet your hands first!

You gotta pay extra for that.

There's also a size limit...anything under 12" gets thrown back.

[JohnnyT]

that fish was caught on a pin. I tend to taper split shot from the float to the fly for pinning. The only time I run pencil-lead is when we're bottom bouncing a twin fly rig in faster water. I haven't done it in a while as I've been having more fun on the swing and running indicator/float rigs with pins and fly rods.

english only at the table.

[Mother Goose]

Glad I'm not the only one who felt like I was reading a foreign language. I don't like to touch the fish, but I'll sit in the boat with you northern bitches and talk some shit with you - I'll even bring you a beer if you're trying to reel in a big'un.

[ThirstyDrunk]

Glad I'm not the only one who felt like I was reading a foreign language. I don't like to touch the fish, but I'll sit in the boat with you northern bitches and talk some shit with you - I'll even bring you a beer if you're trying to reel in a big'un.

They would make you touch the fish

[bluebottle]

essox lucius!

[Patchez]

Hello, nice to see some others who like to get a line wet while tipping a few. My preferred method is drinking around a campfire on the banks of the Susquehanna
River with some lines in the water, occasionally we'll pull some Catties up.

[Chimneyfish]

You're gonna fit in here just fine.

Cheers bud.

[Two Hearted]

You're gonna fit in here just fine.

Cheers bud.

Concur.

Great pics Patchez.