New Locations, New Species, New Knowledge

     Well, yesterday I hit the sound after several months. A little back round on my lack of sea-run cutthroat experience. This was my 7th time out and I finally got into my first sea-runs and coho. Here is the advice I would give so far.

1) If you have a gut feeling on a place to fish, GO WITH IT! I had a feeling to skip some of the beaches on my list and ended up meeting a gentleman that had a lot to teach which ended up getting my into fish.

2) Try a new beach! The Puget Sound is not a small place at all. I branched out a bit from my normal areas and hit a new location. This is where I caught my first sea-run ever. (not the beach pictured above)

3) Keep it simple on flies, these feisty fish don't seem to be all that picky.

My First Ever Sea-Run

Here is the picture of my first sea-run cutthroat. Notice the Clouser like fly in it's mouth. I will get tying instructions up on this fly because it was extraordinarily productive for the day. All 5 fish were caught on it. They were not digging the Miyawaki poppers at the time. 

Rezzie Coho

The other first that I encountered that day was catching this resident coho. These guys much like the cutts fight very very well. This coho was also caught on the Clouser like fly.

In summary, I guess the best thing to do is to go out and get your line wet. You cannot catch anything if your line is in the water... And who knows, you may meet somebody out on the water that opens up opportunities and is willing to share some of their knowledge. So get out there!!

Tight Lines,

Connor

Victory Shot. Keep them wet as much as possible. Be very quick when taking photos like these.