Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: nevertoolate on July 27, 2016, 11:10:20 AM
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What to use? Same idea as fishing for steelhead?
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there was an article in BC Outdoors Magazine a few years ago about Fly Fishing for Chinook in general; authored by Dana Sturn. Heavier sink tips (t14 & T17)and heavier tackle just about sums it up. I couldn't find it on the BCO website with a quick search. You could shoot them an email or try to reach Sturn via the spey pages.
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Red bunny leech and down deep in the pools worked for me :)
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Single hand 10 or 11 weight and lots of T material to get down deep
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8 wt switch heavy enough? What leader?
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8 wt switch heavy enough? What leader?
8wt switch is pretty light, for tippet attach a piece of 12lb test to a piece of 20lb test using a double surgeons knot, tie the fly onto the 20lb end as springs have sharp teeth, it will go through the 12lb test like butter, if the tippet brakes it will it will be on the knot, beats a broken rod. Springs are not usually leader shy
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I've taken fish to 20lbs on a #9 single hand rod and 25lbs+ on spey rods.
I've done fine using 12 or 15lb maxima green as leader.
As for flies I've done best with smaller yellow & red flies like the KCK. I know guys who prefer blue muddlers etc in sizes #8 and #10 - but good luck holding onto that with anything but stout wire hooks.
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Landed tons on my old school Dragonfly 8wt back in the day. Largest was a 43lb monster in the canal. I would say majority of mine came when I was targeting coho. Natural/silver or Olive/gold beadhead muddlers or xmas trees worked best for me. Best part of xmas trees is they sink like rocks
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Does the #1 hook popsicle pattern with 8wt 13' Spey rod and 12ft of T14 work for that big pool in forestry road?
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You'll be fine with an 8wt switch. Most spey and switch rods are 2 line sizes up if you try to compare them to a sh (in other words an 8 wt switch is at least a 10 wt sh)