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Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: THE_ROE_SLINGER on September 14, 2006, 08:44:15 PM

Title: Chum flies
Post by: THE_ROE_SLINGER on September 14, 2006, 08:44:15 PM

Well its almost that time of year again, time to start fly fishing different systems for salmon. What are some flies you guys use for chum??

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: DionJL on September 14, 2006, 08:46:52 PM

Black, purple marabou patterns. big patterns. but pretty much anything

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: kellya on September 14, 2006, 09:04:27 PM

Lol are island chum harder to catch or something? I find it easier to catch 5-6 coho to one chum.

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: Fish Assassin on September 14, 2006, 10:04:07 PM

Popsicles, popsicles, popsicles. Did I say popsicles ? ;)

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: RalphH on September 15, 2006, 10:26:59 AM

for calmer water like the Harrison - nothing works better than a olive wooly bugger with a gold cone head and some flash in the tail. This is basically the same fly that's effective for coho. For place like the Squamish I prefer bunny patterns sizes #1 through #6 - hot pink and florescent green seem to be best in that order. You can tie them like zonkers or just wrap the shank with a fur strip. Tubes work well too. Purple is another color some folks like. Egg patterns in hot ornage pink and red are also very effective - use those on the vedder and the chums will pull your arms off.

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: Spudcote on September 15, 2006, 03:00:18 PM

another vote for an olive bugger with a gold beadhead

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: THE_ROE_SLINGER on September 15, 2006, 03:01:25 PM

thanks guys

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: RalphH on September 15, 2006, 04:01:54 PM

I shoulda added that a lime wooly bugger with a silver cone head works pretty good as well

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: Coho Cody on September 18, 2006, 06:42:20 PM

popsicles. fav colour combos, green, orange, and purple with a few strands of flashbou, and another is purple, pink, and white with a few strand of flashbou ;)

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: THE_ROE_SLINGER on September 18, 2006, 08:13:47 PM

Cody i dont think you have a caught a chum before ???

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: Coho Cody on September 18, 2006, 11:02:59 PM

your right i never have caught the easiest salmon to catch ::)

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: THE_ROE_SLINGER on September 18, 2006, 11:53:38 PM

hahahha your awful, maybe this year you might :P

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: Coho Cody on September 19, 2006, 07:44:14 AM

i'll try :-X



















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Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: THE_ROE_SLINGER on September 19, 2006, 06:36:30 PM

yea For some they are hard to catch well go  this year and hopefully I can get you into a few ;D

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: Coho Cody on September 21, 2006, 09:14:26 PM

haha. youll be roe slutting the chum on the stave while i slay the coho right beside you ;D

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: Pat AV on September 22, 2006, 01:18:43 PM

easy there dudes there will be plenty of dawgies for everybody soon enough!

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: THE_ROE_SLINGER on September 26, 2006, 10:51:02 AM

Quote from: Coho Cody on September 21, 2006, 09:14:26 PM

haha. youll be roe slutting the chum on the stave while i slay the coho right beside you ;D

Other way around ;)

Title: Re: Chum flies
Post by: newsman on October 13, 2006, 06:12:41 PM

You can find mine Dec 25 & Mat Green on pages 61 & 64 of the book "A Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns".