Hey people,
New guy to the site here. I live on north Vancouver Island last summer (I gave a brief intro in the general forum). After all the kick@$$ fishing I've had in the past year, I decided it was time to take fly fishing up again. The thought of hooking into some Salmon of a fly rod makes me giddy!
My gear,
Rod: Ross Worldwide Essence FC 4 piece 8wt, 9'
Reel: Dragonfly Kamloops GT 7/8
I have it set up right now for fresh water, and although a bit of overkill... it does the job and it's caught fish. It's been fun, and I'll most like buy a smaller setup next fall when Salmon season dies off.
So some questions before I get backing and line for my second spool. Now in regards to the bigger size fish I'll be going after. I've been doing some reading and I've seen everything suggesting 50-100 yards of backing. 50 yards being a common suggestion. Only 50 seems rather low to me. And line. That's next. At my current holes I've noticed the strike zone is surface to about 8 feet. This is my target for fishing with the fly rod. I need some suggestions on the type of line as well as flys. My mind goes straight to Bucktails. I'm not sure if that's something I could use or if theres a fly fishing variety. But I know I'd get strikes throwing it out there or trolling them. I'm just thinking about presentation. Which would bring me to my next question. I have no exp at all fly fishing saltwater. Yes, I can still cast. I retained that much from my childhood.
So yeah, kinda all over the place there, but if you feel you can add some insight into my saltwater quest your knowledge/exp would be greatly appreciated.