I decided to sleep in this morning, so I didn't arrive at my spot until 1100. I arrived to a river flowing much faster and muddier than the last two weeks. Because of the stained water I decided to throw out a copper spinner. After a few casts I get a bite and my line breaks right away... Dang! I switch to a blue spinner. A few casts later, Bite! Line breaks on me again!!! "Enough of this" I say to myself. I had recently switch to P-Line Fluorocarbon in hopes of getting more line shy fish. I check my line periodically and after each fish, and haven't found any knicks, but I have lost 4 expensive spinners to this line in less than a week. I switched back to the cheap Trilene I almost always use, put on a smaller gold spinner (since I didn't have anymore of the larger size I wanted to use left), and immediately got a nice 6lb hatchery hen silver.

With my confidence back, I moved to a different spot about 20 feet upriver since it was just vacated and easier to cast from, and hooked into another silver. This one was bigger and I worried it wouldn't fit into my small net. Luckily a gentleman had just showed up to check out the spot and went back to his truck to let me borrow his net. I managed to land this one, about an 8lb hen.

This is my first 2 coho day in WA and it was fun. Both fish were dime bright still, but didn't put up as much fight as I would have thought. After those two silvers all I got were pinks, but it was still fun. I left the river at 1600 to dry off.

montana_sam

10/12/2011 7:49:00 AM

Nice report. When you fish a spinner do you just cast down stream and bring it in with a slow retrieve or cast across to the other side.

HOOKEDONFISHING

10/12/2011 8:16:00 AM

I had the same problem with that P-line 100 % Fluorocarbon. The guy at sportco talked me into it its super expensive crap. I use Izor mono now and no problems.

rickydbasser

10/12/2011 10:59:00 AM

I have been a die hard bass fisherman for 35 years, and have tried just about every line on the market at one time or another. Flourocarbon lines, no matter what the brand, have had me literally pulling my hair out. I loved the feel, and how very limp it was, but I broke off so many fish I don't even want to think about it, and all for no good reason. I even changed to all the recommended knots.....Made no difference. Some of the breaks weren't even at the knots. What ever the line I've tried, I always ended up coming back to my Bass Pro Shop Exel. You can almost buy a 1300 yd bulk spool for the cost of those mini spools of Flourocarbon. Excel has low stretch for good feel, and excellent knot strength. I don't care what the sale's pitch, I'll never again use anything else. I'm sorry if this sounded like a commercial.

yooper_fisher

10/12/2011 1:46:00 PM

@montana: I cast across to the opposite bank and slightly upstream, let the spinner sink for a couple seconds, and bring it back just fast enough to make the blade spin. I haven't had much luck casting downstream, the spinner comes to the surface too fast.

chengpu

10/12/2011 4:21:00 PM

I have had nothing but problems with the exact same line.

montana_sam

10/14/2011 10:13:00 AM

Good tip: I PM'd you but not sure it went through. Do you weight you spinner at all?

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