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[sapper]

Well I've been convinced.  In going to pick up some Maxima Mono line today.  It seems to be the popular choice.  Now for a second question to throw this thread right off topic - what sized hooks is everyone using?

[Navy Seal Fisherman]

3/0 for the Fraser, 1 for the Vedder/Chilliwack river.. is what I use

[HOOK]

I use 2/0 Gammies (barbed with barb pinched) and a medium sized corkie (i usually fish orange so i get springs also)

[ynot]

i use 3/0 gammies with pinched barbs. please note barbed gammies are stronger than the barbless ones. size 1 for vedder.

[Fish Slayer]

I use 2/0 Gammies (barbed with barb pinched) and a medium sized corkie (i usually fish orange so i get springs also)

Does the corkie color make a difference for sockeye or springs?

[Navy Seal Fisherman]

to help with this question, Fish Slayer;
Color Vision in Trout and Salmon

http://www.finefishing.com/flies/colorovision%20trout.htm

[Blackrt03]

i use 3/0 gammies with pinched barbs. please note barbed gammies are stronger than the barbless ones. size 1 for vedder.

Why is that?

[purple monster]

have you tried non-waxed oral-b floss line??  surely, waxed or non-waxed can't make that much of a difference.  With pink wool or orange corks?

[Fish Slayer]

to help with this question, Fish Slayer;
Color Vision in Trout and Salmon

http://www.finefishing.com/flies/colorovision%20trout.htm

Interesting read however my comment was sarcasm as fish flossed on the fraser are not biting fish so wool or corkie color has nothing to do with how many fish a person may catch in a day. A buddy of mine works at a tackle shop he says he is so sick of hearing about yesterdays "hot wool color combo" that slayed sockeye all day and eventually a spring.

[purple monster]

are sockeye color blind??? Do they really see in colors, or is it black and white???    Maybe its the feel of the wool, trying to represent the stuff they eat that get them to sna;p at it.   I was told (on the river banks0 that the floss gets them to snap or slowly get them to  remember the plankton and slow down the floss for a better bite.??  comments.

[purple monster]

oops, sorry. not a better bite, but a better grasp.

[Rodney]

[Fish Slayer]

are sockeye color blind??? Do they really see in colors, or is it black and white???    Maybe its the feel of the wool, trying to represent the stuff they eat that get them to sna;p at it.   I was told (on the river banks0 that the floss gets them to snap or slowly get them to  remember the plankton and slow down the floss for a better bite.??  comments.

The sockeye are not "snapping" at it they aren't even biting it. Bottom bouncing on the Fraser for sockeye is just a glorified process of snagging which many people do not understand what is fully happening under water with their gear as it bounces along the bottom of the river.

[buncranabop]

Yea sockeye fishers "united" whether they like it or not are all fowl hooking

[Easywater]

Yea sockeye fishers "united" whether they like it or not are all fowl hooking

They are catching birds?