Smalma, how do you get a fly deep for suspended Chinook? Most of my fishing will be in the upper rivers for Chinook and the last 23 years htey have been suspended 12-18 feet down in deep pockets. I think I can eventualy get an unweughted fly to sink that far in backwashes and frog water but flowing water may be a problem. Should I use a sinking leader materail to get it down faster?

Most of them are tied on a size 1, I keep them shorter and smaller even though on a bigger hook just because my go to drifting fly is smaller than the one I was taught to tie and works really well.