Hey Parker,

You are definitely giving me my 15 minutes of fame! People now stop me on the streets and ask "Aren't you the guy in that picture on Michael Parker's website?" Just kidding!

Hey, how are you liking that new fly rod? I too still manage to unintentionally foul-hook Chum from time to time on my Loomis 8wt.
I think that when you are swinging flies on the sink tip, it is pretty similar to drifting a corky and yarn in that when the chum are stacked, the leader brushes through, causing you to set the hook and Whoops! dog by the tail.

Like Gary say's "watch out!" Sky Valley chapter has some pretty good fishermen amongst it's ranks. Speaking of large chums, Saturday afternoon I caught one of the biggest dogs I have ever seen. I was down fishing the Hump, and this thing was in the low to mid twenties. A huge buck full of energy! I was sure I had another big king on, but when I finally landed it,and saw that it was a chum, we were all amazed at it's size. Hopefully this a precursor of thing to come!

Mark