Well . . ., who can argue with the Sultan of Zinnnnggggg?

"The Wash"....I've heard of that.
Congrats !

Summer's coming....should get way mo' betta.

"indicator" = "bobber"

somebody somewhere has a picture of a steelhead caught on a worm jig under an indicator on a fly rod... i know cause i watched it happen on the river this year and saw them take the pics...


that's true fly fishing right there


but to those of you who swing - i applaud you for staying true to the technique...
none of this float fishing or bobber dogging stuff i see being done.

Or do..

i bobber dog with a gear rod... not a fly rod with an indicator with a slinky and yarnie below it

I go fishing, with a rod, reel, line, and lure...sometimes bait+hook.



It gets too complicated for me much beyond that.

Bobber dogging is for pussies, no matter what kind of rod/reel they use!



Fish on...

Todd

Elitist!

Does this mean all of the people fishing bobbers on the Samish are gonna be pussies too?


Go Sox,
cds

They already are...but if they bobber dog, then they'd be double.

Fish on...

Todd

Gosh darn it Ripley. I was planning on "bobber dog walking" the ditch this year. If that is gonna make me a pussy, then I just can't do it.

Go Sox,
cds

You already flyfish, and you're a Red Sox fan...really, what have you got to lose?

Fish on...

Todd

Sorry...that wasn't very nice.

Accurate, but not nice

Fish on...

Todd

All I have to lose is my last shred of dignity. If that was my goal I'd bobber dog walk the Samish.

It'd make for a great youtube video. I have the dialog part already written:

"Excuse me, coming through, excuse me, just trying to fish here, excuse me......."

Go Red Sox,
cds

the realist truest most elite new way of flyfishing!
I'm gonna put this together for an ascot northwest mag here soon
Swinging plugs on the spey for steelhead... K-9s kill!
while yes a boot, it was still one of the funniest things I have done

You were always cool...

... you just got a little cooler!

What rod? what line? what cast? what reel? what kind of paint on the plug? what hook? wtf!

a heavy skagit, 650grain or more is a MUST! you can't turn the plug over without it and just won't get that sparkle on your wobble throughout the run.
On bright days I recommend blu and chrome, on darker days I fish blue and chrome, and on days ending with Y blue with just a touch of chrome seems to churn up the bite!
its a little tricky to double spey these things so I would stay with something simple like a snap T.
the rvr stickler seemed to do the trick but the key was to really let him take it and allow the long rod to load up. Low rod tip, feel the grab and lift!
as for rod I like the $800 winston B2mxs, they have the back bone to launch a plug in any run, but are sensitive enough to feel the bite and load the rod as the fish turns down river with your plug.

lots of fish in the Jags!
but this one bite on the dangle of a nice slushy run

and most important thing I forgot was you gotta have a nice loose fitting ascot while swinging plugs