Recent content by ArcticAmoeba

The stripes on corkies are called Herring Bone, or Tiger Stripe normally. And those are very good Chinook corkies Dan.

Yup, according to me, and it appears you as well...Everything else is just wasting valuable fishing time! Hahaha! Nice quotes Charles. Very.

I like it! The Clack Rules! And yes, the Wilson is a fantastic Fall fishery. One of my favorites. Falls just below another small coastal stream in my favorites list! If the Clack had a legit run of clipped Fallies, I would never, ever leave. It would fish hard 12 months a year, with zero...

Lots of my Salmon leaders are 25-40 pound Big Game, especially for B-10. But I have not had the stuff in the 10 lb. That is a lot of line to have around. But if you will use it, it was worth it. Tie up some drift leaders, and load up some spare reel spools, and see how you like it. If...

The ocean Salmon targeting usually does not happen from 'yaks. Normally they are too far out to safely be able to paddle one. But the fish do come up rivers, and they will have to pass the bays, and estuarian areas at some point. So your chances are good, but I do not know the regs regarding...

Scarecro, just tie up a drop shot rig essentially. A 12"-40"dropper(dependent on riverbed contour) to a lead sinker, and a 2-3' leader off of a three way chain swivel, or spreader. Weight is gonna be anywhere from 1/8-1 oz. depending on where you fish it. But just "side bounce" the weight...

Haha! This is true! But dang Andy. I hope you get some fish karma outta this one man. You should, but I hope it doesn't wait too long before it show. That sucks a lot, and it will probably happen again, or some situation like it anyways. But at least you are takin it in stride bud! It's...

No, it never hurts to ask! I did this Spring, and got access to probabbly the best drift on one of my favorite streams. All I need to do is help rake leaves in the fall once or twice, and give her a couple fillets every so often... Easy as can be to get the chance to really have banner days...

2 Strokes are pretty simple. I have only owned one outboard, but I have rallied 250, 2-smokers my whole life, and normally if they turn over, but won't start... It is ignition, or fuel. Check the fuel system. Make sure the petcock isn't all "bunged" up, or clogged, and check to see if the...

I alwyas run a little bit of yarn, and usually a corkie to add contrast as well. Thats it though. I also pinch a bb split shot above a coon shrimp and corkie rig, so it gets down, stays down better. But the #12 corkie can't float even a small chunk of eggs. So I do use them for contrast...

Braid is great given the right circumstances. For sure. Lik efloat fishing, backbouncing, or vertical jigging for instance. But for your basic drift fish set-up, mono is going to treat you much better. Braid does work well to drift fish, or throw spinners with a 6' mono shock leader. But I...

The snell is just fine. It still creates a "baitloop." I do not run classic bait loops for drift fishing because I can re-rig, if I bust off, in less than 45 seconds, and be back in the water. I put bait through my snells, and have caught hundreds of Winter Steelhead, and now a buncha Chinook...

Ah, yes. It lost a good 7 inches in the first shot with the funny angle. But again, very nice fish. And the Sandy does fish hard for Chinook especially above 10.5. Glad you are makin headway, hookin fish and all lately! Those friggin Chinook really like to just slowly turn, and criuse down...

Give it a thourough hose water wash after your trip. You should be just fine fine. My bud takes his 18 foot, pump drive sled out there and never has problems with salt water screwing it up. He even goes out in the coastal bays for bottom fishin trips on multiple occasions every Summer. I...

Summer Steelhead hold, and hangout in those riffles. Chances are they were just going back and forth through it. They need the highly oxygenated water, because of the higher river temps.