Well I don't plan on going that technical so it is gonna be stripping and fishing as deep as I can get with what I have. I can simply target fish in shallower water than I fish float gear in. I know Chinook hold in the faster water above deep pockets so a cast and retrieve over those fish should work.

I wish I had places to target Chinook in tidal water. I should have some opportunities for Coho so that might be fun but open water gives me the willies for fisghting my first Coho or any salmon on a fly rod.

I know it would be nice to find you on the river one day and have you give me some pointers. The way I fish a fly now, on drift gear, is a hit the bottom, lift the rod high and let it drop. They usualy hit on the way down making a hook set a surprise on an already eaten fly.

Coho should be a lot easier because I have heard they will move a lot further than a Chinook will but I have seen Chinook chase that same fly quite a ways.

Either way this is gonna be fun. I hope to get into a few Coho first so I at least get an idea of fighting a larger fish on a fly rod before getting into a big 30#+ Chinook.