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Salmon flies (Kings):
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I've had success
using the flies listed below. While
not a complete list it's what predominately
fills my fly box and the mouths of the
salmon I catch. Because location,
conditions and fishing styles dictate fly
selection, the following flies are my
selections for the Salmon River, Pulaski, NY
using a technique affectionately called
chuck-and-duck. This technique, while
scoffed by some for its untraditional
liberal use of weight, is the preferred
method of local guides who fish the waters
daily. This technique typically
incorporates mono or a brightly colored
running line as the main line and a two part
leader system stepping down to an 8 to 10
pound tippet. Amazingly enough, with
the number of rocks, 100 yard runs and
bobbing in and out of anglers, this tippet
still holds-up to fish over 30 pounds.
A benefit to using light tippet is it's
easier to break should you foul-hook a fish.
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CHUCK AND
DUCK RIG - Check regulations for
leader length and knot connection
requirements prior to rigging. This
rig consists of 12 or 15 pound tippet
knotted to 8-12 pound tippet either by
knot or terminal device (ring or swivel).
All tag-ends at the ring or swivel are
trimmed flush except the tag-end of the
thicker tippet which is trimmed leaving
approximately 3 inches. The longer tag
end is left to add split shot. The
concept of adding split shot to the thicker
tippet is it provides more bite for the shot
and in the event the weight snags the
bottom, the shot will slide off the tag-end
verse snapping and losing the entire rig.
Additionally, I use fluorocarbon exclusively
when constructing all leaders and tippets.
This same rig can be scaled-down for
steelhead by connecting 10 to 6 pound
tippet.
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Freshly fallen salmon eggs from
a King salmon on the Salmon
River, NY. Color and
opacity are dependent on egg
development, water temperature
and time left in water.
Eggs are roughly 8mm in
diameter.
Click to
enlarge. If
you're into
Troutbeads, the closest
matches are 8mm Sun Orange and Orange. Natural
Roe and Caramel Roe are close matches as
well. If you're into
McFlyFoam, Golden is a good
match. To match older
spent eggs try Troutbeads in
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Flies designated
as "Go2Fly" are
flies that consistently perform and as such
are part of the Go2Fly (G2F)
Series. These are flies worthy of a
permanent fly box location.
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RECOMMENDED FLIES
- Carry good number of flies as the river
and fish can quickly chew-up your supplies.
When fishing slows try rotating fly colors.
Often the hot fly in the morning will differ
in color from the hot fly in the afternoon.
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Beaded Woolly
Bugger - size 6 and 4, in olive, brown,
black, pink/chartreuse and purple.
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Beaded
Rubberbugger - size 6 and 4, in olive,
brown, black and purple.
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Parachute Salmon Fly Go2Fly
- size 4 and 2, in hot pink, chartreuse,
purple, white, orange, black and cream.
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Krystal
Bullet
- size 8, in fuchsia and orange.
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Sparkle
Chenille Comet - size 8 to 4, tied with
bead-chain eyes in any of the above colors.
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