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HOOK

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Re: Pink salmon with 5wt
« Reply #30 on: May 06, 2015, 11:06:13 AM »
Quote from: BananasQ on May 06, 2015, 11:03:30 AM
Thanks! I'll let her pick the colours for her jigs (with some guidance). I feel confident in predicting most of them will have some pink in them. :D


If the jigs aren't working because sometimes its the extremely sparse stuff that works best then just go to a plain size 4 hook with a little tuft of wool in the same colours.
I predict with this years early freshet the water clarity will be better than usual for August. Last time it happened we were using tiny very very sparse flies and having a riot
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Re: Pink salmon with 5wt
« Reply #31 on: May 09, 2015, 05:31:43 PM »
Quote from: HOOK on May 06, 2015, 11:06:13 AM

If the jigs aren't working because sometimes its the extremely sparse stuff that works best then just go to a plain size 4 hook with a little tuft of wool in the same colours.
I predict with this years early freshet the water clarity will be better than usual for August. Last time it happened we were using tiny very very sparse flies and having a riot
I would also suggest to use Dick Nite spoons under float. Last pink run I had fish on almost every cast using them.
My favorite - frog size 2, my friend's half/half size 2.
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Re: Pink salmon with 5wt
« Reply #32 on: May 10, 2015, 12:31:20 PM »
I remember one September the Fraser was so mucky you`d think the fish couldn`t see a thing. Flies didn`t work so I tied a pink and pearl wee Dick Nite on and hung it downstream in a shallow riffle the pinks were moving through and took 4 fish in less than an hour.
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Re: Pink salmon with 5wt
« Reply #33 on: May 15, 2015, 08:21:21 AM »
surfing some local websites I found this good blog posting from Sea-Run Tackle that includes some good info on locations and timing:

http://www.sea-run.com/pinksalmon/
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Re: Pink salmon with 5wt
« Reply #34 on: May 24, 2015, 07:13:09 AM »
Swing a Dick Nite on the end of your fly line and get ready for a big bend in your 5 wt !  I've caught Cohos using it @ Judd road.
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Re: Pink salmon with 5wt
« Reply #35 on: July 17, 2015, 08:25:17 AM »
Is it time yet??! :D
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Re: Pink salmon with 5wt
« Reply #36 on: July 17, 2015, 10:23:12 AM »
Yep.
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Re: Pink salmon with 5wt
« Reply #37 on: July 18, 2015, 05:49:49 PM »


For Pinks all you need is a sparsely tied pink fly and you will get lots of hits, if the bites goes off just try a different color--green or orange

seems to work well for me 8)
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