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[clarki]

[coastangler]

On that topic, one of the best Pacific Salmon fishing Youtube videos ever in my opinion which unfortunately didn't get the attention it deserves in terms of number of views.... Enjoy


Vampire Tigers by Brad Knowles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKZ740eRPyc

[RalphH]

"img width=768 height=1024]https://i.imgur.com/NqKs8Xz.jpg[/img]"

this doesn't open... at least for me.

[coastangler]

this doesn't open... at least for me.

Odd - it works for me and renders correctly in the forum. Did you tried opening the URL directly? https://i.imgur.com/NqKs8Xz.jpg

[milo]

Fly fishing for Squamish river chum used to be the highlight of my salmon fishing season. As soon as I'd wrap up mu coho pursuits, hardly a weekend day in November would go by without me casting some purple and orange creations to willing chum.
Alas, with the numbers being so low, targetting chum this season, even if it is C&R only, is not allowed.
Hopefully, this magnificent West Coast fishery will rebound in coming years, and I'll again have the pleasure of targetting those toothy monsters, which, pound per pound, are the best fighters in the salmon world. And keeping a few for the smoker would be an excellent bonus.

[RalphH]

Odd - it works for me and renders correctly in the forum. Did you tried opening the URL directly? https://i.imgur.com/NqKs8Xz.jpg

nope  I tried opening Imgur & I get this message -

{"data":{"error":"Imgur is temporarily over capacity. Please try again later."},"success":false,"status":403}

[psd1179]

cannot interest me to fish chum salmon.

[milo]

cannot interest me to fish chum salmon.

Are you bragging or complaining?

[bigsnag]

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[bigsnag]

this doesn't open... at least for me.

Works fine for me.

[bigsnag]

Chums take flies well.  Unfortunately too many people chose to fish where they are stacked up and as a result a lot of them are foul hooked.
I once watched a regular poster here and his friends foul hooked over twenty chums...and not realizing that they really shouldn't be fishing there.

[RalphH]

Works fine for me.

Of two laptops here it works on one but not the other. Don't know why. Both laptops go through a VPN - same server. Could be how imgur deals with calls from the same IP.

[coastangler]

Chums take flies well.  Unfortunately too many people chose to fish where they are stacked up and as a result a lot of them are foul hooked.

There is also the impression that fly tackle companies and stores have created that "If you are not getting bites, it means you are not getting down" which means that you need to have every possible sink tip available and keep trying it until you snag a fish. Fly fishsing for pinks or chums with heavy tips usually means snagging them. After snagging a fish, you will probably spook most fish around, so the attempts to catch fish by "getting down" are a waste of time. Instead, use a slow or intermediate tip and that way you know that the tug is a geniune bite. Salmon can see the flies quite easily and when aggressive, they won't mind going for it, even if it's not right by its mouth. If you keep casting and casting to a school of fish and you are not getting anything, well, try something else or go somewhere else, but don't go heavier because the next cast will most likely be a foul hooked fish

I get that some rare cases like northern BC Chinook on the fly may require T-14 or even T-21 tips but in my opinion, that's about it. 90% of the salmon fly fishing in the lower mainland can be achieved with slow and intermediate tips. Need to sink deeper? Adjust your presentation (i.e. downstream mend, cast further upstream angle, etc) but don't be fooled into buying the expensive collectibles that sink tips are becoming!

PS: Rare cases like the deep pools at the Cap may require heavier lines, but again, not needed for pinks and chums that usually stack up in big numbers

[Kever]

Do they typically bite on the swing or the strip?  I caught 10x more pinks stripping than swinging this summer.

[bigblockfox]

i dont mind targeting them (when legal to do so), but they have to look like this. not really into zombie chum.