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[Rodney]

After blanking on almost every trip this past week I was starting to question whether I know how to fish or not. I was going to leave the river alone this weekend knowing it will be busy, but couldn't help myself after seeing that slight bump of water level so decided to give it another go this afternoon.

The run I'd chosen was in fact not too busy, fairly civilized. A total of 6 people were working on it and I took my time knowing the bite would probably come on later in the day. After chatting for awhile I made my first drift and the float was already being pulled down. The first few takes I missed once again, it was no longer surprising. Then it dipped lightly again, and this time the rod actually bent after the hook-set. It was a pretty nice chum salmon which I decided to keep.

The bites really came on at 5:00pm until dark. By that time I was able to fish alone as everyone had gone home. In total I was able to retain a hatchery male coho salmon around 5lb, released a couple of wild coho salmon and lost a bunch of fish, plus missing more bites. A good quiet evening outing, which was a surprise considering how busy the river usually is during this long weekend.

[DAWGMAN]

was out today as well.  noticed for a long weekend that some popular runs were not very busy at all. enjoyable day of fishing. 2 wild how to hand and a few miss hits.

[rhino]

i managed to get out today for the first time this coho season. it was noticeably quieter then usual thanksgiving weekends. Got to the a run a little later then id like, it was about 745am when the first drift was cast. Had 3 fish on and all were coho. lost all 3 due to line breaking. missed a few other bites as my hands and reel were wet and couldn't get the grip i needed to set the hook. I'm really rusty,i haven't drift fished since march.thats my excuse.

[redtide]

Nice clean chum rod. Sure feels good when fish are landed and on the beach.

[Flytech]

i managed to get out today for the first time this coho season. it was noticeably quieter then usual thanksgiving weekends. Got to the a run a little later then id like, it was about 745am when the first drift was cast. Had 3 fish on and all were coho. lost all 3 due to line breaking. missed a few other bites as my hands and reel were wet and couldn't get the grip i needed to set the hook. I'm really rusty,i haven't drift fished since march.thats my excuse.

How hard do you need you pull to set the hook? I don't pull that hard and I land them without issue.

[HOOK]

How hard do you need you pull to set the hook? I don't pull that hard and I land them without issue.

Some folks like to land their fish with their hook sets. My dad does it once in awhile and all of us pester him the rest of the day calling him "bassmaster" LoL

[RalphH]

line snapping hook sets are usually caused by over excitement - that's the case with me anyway. 

[firstlight]

Regarding hook sets.
A buddy showed me this many years ago.

Take your rod out in the yard or street or wherever you have a casts worth of distance.

Get someone to help you.
Take the end of the line in your hand and have the other person put a good bend in the rod and even give a hook set or two.

You will be surprised how much pressure is lost along the length of the line.
Doesn't feel like they are hardly pulling on it at all.
In water it would even be less.

[Tenz85]

Going to need a real good friend for letting hook him that second time.

[rhino]

How hard do you need you pull to set the hook? I don't pull that hard and I land them without issue.

I generally don't set too hard, just a solid firm pull till i feel the fish. However, my hands and centre pin were soaked and slippery so when i pulled back i slipped.

I have found that a gentler hook set also keep the fish slightly more tame at first. Once I can feel the fish on, i usually pull tight by raising the rod tip and reel in a few turns to set the hook tighter. i lose less fish when i can do this succesfully.