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Another great day at Baker Lake, beautiful scenery, good weather, companionship with my wife, who is also my best friend, and two limits of sockeye. This has been my best year so far. I have enjoyed more days with limits, than days without limits. Ever since the fish went from 20-25 ft. to 40-50 ft., I have been doing the following. Stay out of the crowd, if you can. I know that is easier said than done, if you are catching fish. Before the sun is visable, and shortly after, use a 0 crome dodger, 14.5 inches of 25 lb. fluorocarbon leader, a double glow pink mini hoochy( not a micro hoochy), behind two pink beads, and a 1.1 pink smile blade at 40-45 ft. The name of the game at this point is BIG. Use 25-30 lb leader to get the stiffness you will need to move the hoochy with the dodger. Even being under10 lbs., the fish can generate a huge amount of tension when pulling that 0 dodger through the water. When the early bite quits, and the sun is shining on the lake, I switch to a 00 half & half dodger, same leader, tied to a single 1/0 red hook with a little bit of red bucktail, a couple strands of crystal flash behind two red beads, and a .8 or 1.1 red smile blade, down 45-50 ft. Red is the first color to disapear in the water, and so it must appear black at 50 ft. If I did not use that fly, I simply would use 3 red beads. When those fish go off the first bite, the name of the game becomes small,and suddle. Normally on the first bite, one will catch 2-4 fish, and lose or get bit a few more times. I need those fish from the later bites, to limit consistantly. I always use MIKES KRILL, and a small piece of pink shrimp, and troll .9 to 1.3 mph. I hope this report will help you enjoy your fishing a little more , because no matter how great the fishing experience is, its always better when your catching fish. TIGHT LINES
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