Puget Sound Resident Coho

[CaNINE]

Good stuff everyone. Appreciate the info and looking forward to making a run at these fish.

[stickbuck]

We used to wade out as far as we could and throw these topwater flies as far as we could. Then you put the rod under your arm and hand over hand retrieve the line as fast as we could. The resident fish would come up behind the fly and destroy it on the surface. Such good fun.

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Hey Josh. What is the total length of that fly? Looks awesome!


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[jackelope]

We used to wade out as far as we could and throw these topwater flies as far as we could. Then you put the rod under your arm and hand over hand retrieve the line as fast as we could. The resident fish would come up behind the fly and destroy it on the surface. Such good fun.

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Hey Josh. What is the total length of that fly? Looks awesome!


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They're big. I can't recall exactly but it's all of 4" long I bet. It's a Miyawaki Popper, created by Leland Miyawaki. He's a sound flyfishing master. Works at the Orvis store in Bellevue.

[CaNINE]

We used to wade out as far as we could and throw these topwater flies as far as we could. Then you put the rod under your arm and hand over hand retrieve the line as fast as we could. The resident fish would come up behind the fly and destroy it on the surface. Such good fun.

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Hey Josh. What is the total length of that fly? Looks awesome!


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They're big. I can't recall exactly but it's all of 4" long I bet. It's a Miyawaki Popper, created by Leland Miyawaki. He's a sound flyfishing master. Works at the Orvis store in Bellevue.

I've heard of Leland...he is legendary.

I need to go make some new friends down at the Gig Harbor Fly Shop.  I see they now have a beer drinking / fly tying station set up in the shop.  Maybe I can trade some turkey feathers and elk hair for a pint?   

[jackelope]

We used to wade out as far as we could and throw these topwater flies as far as we could. Then you put the rod under your arm and hand over hand retrieve the line as fast as we could. The resident fish would come up behind the fly and destroy it on the surface. Such good fun.

.

Hey Josh. What is the total length of that fly? Looks awesome!


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They're big. I can't recall exactly but it's all of 4" long I bet. It's a Miyawaki Popper, created by Leland Miyawaki. He's a sound flyfishing master. Works at the Orvis store in Bellevue.

I've heard of Leland...he is legendary.

I need to go make some new friends down at the Gig Harbor Fly Shop.  I see they now have a beer drinking / fly tying station set up in the shop.  Maybe I can trade some turkey feathers and elk hair for a pint?   

Used to be a shop in Woodinville called Swede's. The guy that owned it closed up and moved to Spokane. I think his name is Al. Told me he was opening a pub/fly shop in Spokane. This was probably 15 years ago and I thought it was the greatest idea in the history of fly fishing related ideas. I think it's still open over there but I've never been.