Skykomish; how high is too high?

[chrome_chasin]

Sorry man, but now I hate your girlfriend.

Haha

LMAO . Her catching her first Steel is going to work out good for me. Looks like we are going to be doing a lot more fishing this year ....

Was that you at the mouth of the creek in the afternoon? Teaching her how to fish a float for the first time? If so I was next to you, missed a couple of bobber downs. Big guy with goatie. Good to hear your teaching paid off for her! congrats

[HOOKEDONFISHING]

Yeah that was us . Its crazy how many people I see that are on WA. Lakes when out fishing.

[chrome_chasin]

did she hook hers in the same spot? I missed two there right before I left. The only thing I managed to catch that day was a seriously burned head.

[spoonman]

I fished in sultan from the bank and saw 2 fish caught before 6am. A bright chrome hen from the bank and the second one was a nice chinook from a drift boat. Then nothing.

I still have not caught a single fish out of a river. I'm starting to develop an eye twitch.

To quote Russell wilson, the separation is in the preparation. Learn all you can sometimes its as simple as leader lenght or hook size or the your jig/corkie color may be off a shade. Experiment and keep a journal. For some people it comes easy, the rest of us have to work at it. Read bill herzoggs books, and Dave vedder has a good book on float fishing. Luck is good, but to me luck is simply preparation meeting oppurtunity. Keep working at it and it will pay off.

[HOOKEDONFISHING]

did she hook hers in the same spot? I missed two there right before I left. The only thing I managed to catch that day was a seriously burned head.

It was in the same area. Right after you left it got hot for a little bit . I had one on the guy to my right lost one the guy to my left caught one and lost one and my gf caught hers.

[Mordalphus]

I fished in sultan from the bank and saw 2 fish caught before 6am. A bright chrome hen from the bank and the second one was a nice chinook from a drift boat. Then nothing.

I still have not caught a single fish out of a river. I'm starting to develop an eye twitch.

To quote Russell wilson, the separation is in the preparation. Learn all you can sometimes its as simple as leader lenght or hook size or the your jig/corkie color may be off a shade. Experiment and keep a journal. For some people it comes easy, the rest of us have to work at it. Read bill herzoggs books, and Dave vedder has a good book on float fishing. Luck is good, but to me luck is simply preparation meeting oppurtunity. Keep working at it and it will pay off.

Not only have I read every damn book published by amato books, I have been copying the other Sunday morningers that have been catching fish. R. White jig head red rabbit fur small piece f pprawn. There's been an old guy occasionally that will throw me a helpful hint once in a while.

I'm just waiting patiently, haha, I've got nothing better to do at 4 in the morning on a Sunday, so I'll just keep going. I'm starting to like the torture.

[fear_no_fish]

I rolled a fish on a jig before punching this little feller. My dad managed to pull a limit with 2 nice bright hens. Besides these fish we saw one other fish caught. It was pretty slow yesterday.

[racfish]

Beautiful fish. Good going.

[natetreat]

I rolled a fish on a jig before punching this little feller. My dad managed to pull a limit with 2 nice bright hens. Besides these fish we saw one other fish caught. It was pretty slow yesterday.

While thaty fish is pretty cool looking, I'm more interested in your rod you've got there. Is it a custom build? Do tell.

[fear_no_fish]

I actually just got this rod, that was the 2nd fish hooked and first to the beach. I'm pretty sure its the factory model not completely sure as I bought from a older timer that never got the chance to use it. I would say i got a awesome deal at 150
Its a sage ct 290, rated 6-15. A little heavier of a rod then i like for drift fishing but it is a very nice rod, and with my revo sx it is Lighttt! I would be lying if i said i didn't dig the weird cork handle on top either.

[spoonman]

Very nice rod fnf. Anything sage is quite spendy, is say u got a hangin deal.

[natetreat]

I actually just got this rod, that was the 2nd fish hooked and first to the beach. I'm pretty sure its the factory model not completely sure as I bought from a older timer that never got the chance to use it. I would say i got a awesome deal at 150
Its a sage ct 290, rated 6-15. A little heavier of a rod then i like for drift fishing but it is a very nice rod, and with my revo sx it is Lighttt! I would be lying if i said i didn't dig the weird cork handle on top either.

I love my sage fly rods, but haven't had the opportunity to see their gear stuff. I think they discontinued them, because I can't find them anywhere.

[fear_no_fish]

I was thinking about trading or selling this rod but after 2 trips im kind of falling in love.
And for the deal i got i wont feel bad bass fishing with it either

[Bodofish]

Both Sage and Redington did some gear rods a couple years back, I have a Redington for float and jig fishing, hands down the nicest rod and most fave to handle. Extremely light, when paired with my CI4 I can fish most of the day. That's something coming from a cripple. I wish they were still making them, I'd have a couple more. When playing a fish mine has a very parabolic bend and give an almost fly rod feel. I've often felt a fly blank would be the way to start on a jig/float rod with the real technology hitting the fly rods first then spilling into the gear world. Loomis's new gear stuff is coming straight from his fly gear. Let me qualify, Northfork, not Shimano.....

[fear_no_fish]

If i understood what i was reading correctly the sage gear rods that were done last, including mine are all the actual fly blanks, just tied up as gear rods. A lot of guys i met on the river are using fly blanks and spey to make their drift and float rods and they all say its the way to go. It defiantly seems to be the way river poles are going.

[natetreat]

I twisted up a barrier dam 14 foot free drifting rod on a spey blank, and it works great. My understanding is that some of the first loomis rods were invented because he put gear stuff on a fly blank to get that soft light feel.

There are sometimes where you need a backbone in the butt section, and that's where your gear rods come in handy, but when you need to throw light, I love the big bend in a good float rod.

[Mordalphus]

Just an update, I finally hooked one up real good on the Skykomish! Didn't land it but damn it felt nice to actually finally have one grab my jig and run! Now let's see... July 4th, is my next fishing day, and this time I'll land the bastard!