The first year we ever fished out of Bamfield, we were told anchovies and red Hot Spot flashers were the ticket. We couldn't convince ourselves that anchovies would be more productive than herring and that red flashers would be more productive than greens and blues. After getting skunked for two days, we switched to anchovies and started getting fish, nothing big, but fish. After a day or so of that, we broke down and bought red Hot Spots. We took a 32 and 29 pounder back to back.