since when did a corky, yarn and smelly jelly mean someone is flossing? thats what i fish with and im by no means flossing... now a trebble hook and a buzz bomb that would be flossing
The Puyallup is a flossery all the way. It's legal and I've done it myself so I'm not going to knock it. But anyone who thinks salmon fishing in 1-2" water visibility by drifting an 8' leader across the Puyallup entices fish to bite clearly is not aware of how this fishery works. That rig does nothing more than floss the gaping mouths of salmon swimming up the river and hooking them. The fish are completely unaware of the rig until it hooks them. Color of the corkie and the additional of smelly jelly don't matter one bit.
I disagree,
I have fished the Puyallup for many years, though lately not as often as I use to. I do not care for the "pink" crowd as I call them. It seems the pink runs bring out the worst in fisherman. They leave trash everywhere and are generally rude.
Yes, there are flossers on the Puyallup just like any other river.
If you think color makes no difference or that the fish can't see it?
I believe you are dead wrong.
Last time I was down there with my dog at the Alderton bridge, I watched a young kid working a Dick Night in close to the rocks with a light action rod. He picked up two nice silvers doing a slow retrieve literally within feet of the bank.
Myself, I have never caught a salmon or a Steel Head while drift fishing on the Puyallup, that was not hooked in the mouth.
Heck, we use to plunk the Puyallup down by the scales. How can you catch fish plunking if they do not hit it?
Or is that also considered flossing "because it was on the Puyallup"?
I have never needed a leader longer then 6 ft. The leaders I fish with are usually between 24 - 48 inches in length. Though I have not plunked in years, when I use to plunk, fishing a deeper hole I might go to a longer leader around 5 to 6 feet depending on the lure or bait.
Do a google search "rigging for river stealhead" or "rigging for river salmon" the leader lengths are all over the place depending on how or where people fish, not many over ten feet though, LOL.
It might be a good bet if someone is fishing a leader ten or more feet, he might be a flosser.
A better way to tell is the "Snagging Hook Set" at the tail run of every drift, which will pull the leader into the side (outside) of the mouth.
Most people I see fishing the Puyallup, do not do the "Snagging hook set", they retrieve just like people do on the Snoqualmie, Chehalis, the Sky, any other river.
Notice I said "most".
And the "Snagging Hook Set" can be seen on any river in the state.
Been to the Skok lately?
