Recent content by Nook Hooker

Had the same thing happen today but the stupid bird ran the 2/0 lead hook through its bill. Had to cut the line. Be on the lookout for a brown gull running around Florence with a silver Gamakatsu "nose ring".

Excellent story. We fought the seagulls for our bait today. They kept trying to grab it in the water when it was near the boat.

Good day on the water with Qwapaw. Landed two coho, one 28.5"' the other 23" both on whole green label herring. Switched over to a large spinner on one rod and a K15X kwikfish on the other to target chinook, and hooked up with one fish that got away, and had a double hookup (that was...

Nice fish!

Well there are fish there. Qwapaw and I fished the last two days just downstream of Mapleton. Bobber fishing with eggs and sand shrimp. Trolled in the afternoon. Nothing the first day, aside from the pike minnows stealing bait left and right. Today, Qwapaw landed a nice chinook after it...

I'll check it out. Thanks!

What about the uni-knot for leader joins? I've read about both but haven't seen arguments for using one over the other. Of course, I haven't spent my time trying to tie either, so maybe difficulty is part of the argument? Jon