cohoangler

Since I don't take or read the STS publication more then once or twice a year, I did not know that they had written anything like I have just done for coho. You say that you had tried it this year, but you didn't have any luck. Well, don't give up! There may not have been any coho in area when you were there, or you may not have been using the "right colors"! It can, and does make a huge difference when you have the "right" color.

You asked me; "Is it better to cast upstream to the holding water and retrieve downstream or to cast downstream and retrieve upstream?

Depending on the hole that I am fishing in, most of the time, I will be casting up stream. The jigs usually work best in the "middle" of the hole, when fishing in those types of waters for me.


When I fish in heavy currents, I always cast up stream (the jig must be allowed to sink down to get to where the fish are laying). Very few coho seem to want to come after your jig when you are bringing it upstream in faster currents (for me).


Cowlitzfisherman