Salmo G

It's me, Cowlitzfisherman! Like I have told you before, on the Cowlitz, we fish coho with jigs every year. The method is somewhat the same because we need to "jerk" the jigs to make the coho think that something is wrong and they want to kill it! Even those we do not use long leaders, it still appears (and looks to the un-knowledge fisherman) that we are snagging them. They, the coho, bit the jig about 90% of the time. Sometimes they do get bit by the jigging method, but what's new in fishing? Some "seasoned fishers" know exactly how to "bit" the coho instead of catching them fairly.

That does not diminish the art of jig fishing for coho just because a few "fishers" have figured out how to snag them. I have never fished sockeye so I cannot be the judge on this thread. You got to tell me, was the flies that you tied for your friends the same # 2 hooks that I gave you?

Good to see you back posting on the board again!

Cowlitzfisherman

Is the taste of the hook worth the sting of the bait????