Pink humpies...

[jackelope]

with gear i always use pink jigs like the one in the pic i posted or a little tiny 50/50 brass/chrome dick nite spoon with enough pencil lead about 30" above it to make it tick the bottom.
don't reel it in, just let it swing. if it gets stuck on the bottom or stops, get rid of a little weight a little at a time.

[WDFW-SUX]

some lead and a treble hook gets it done for me

[jackelope]

some lead and a treble hook get it done for me

cheater

[WDFW-SUX]

especially when you get the tail

[jackelope]

think thats bad...you should try a chum in the dorsal fin...

[WDFW-SUX]

I dont eat those either...Is that a table fish in washington?

[jackelope]

no. i don't even think from the salt...but not too many catch them in the salt from what i hear.
 

[WDFW-SUX]

I dont even like un hooking them in the rivers

[oneshotkill]

You guys are crazy, pinks are good to me. Do me a favor and send them my way and I will eat them

I will second that!  They may not be as good as the kings but they are still good in my opinion.

[DOUBLELUNG]

with gear i always use pink jigs like the one in the pic i posted or a little tiny 50/50 brass/chrome dick nite spoon with enough pencil lead about 30" above it to make it tick the bottom.
don't reel it in, just let it swing. if it gets stuck on the bottom or stops, get rid of a little weight a little at a time.

Josh, I will trade you and friends an antelope hunt in WY for a humpy expedition.  I think that's fair I am willing to barter.

Beau

[h2ofowlr]

They are good to smoke.  I will eat a fresh one, but if you freeze it, you will need to hide the taste in tarter.  I have heard of a few being caught on the Skagit, but it is early for them.  End of August and Sept they should hit good.

[jackelope]

with gear i always use pink jigs like the one in the pic i posted or a little tiny 50/50 brass/chrome dick nite spoon with enough pencil lead about 30" above it to make it tick the bottom.
don't reel it in, just let it swing. if it gets stuck on the bottom or stops, get rid of a little weight a little at a time.

Josh, I will trade you and friends an antelope hunt in WY for a humpy expedition.  I think that's fair I am willing to barter.

Beau

Beau...i guess we're on, because you've already met your end of the bargain. whenever you want to come over, let me know. we'll float the sky.

[rasbo]

Spur_Ride and I have gone over to the puyallup river the last few seasons and never done real well. People all around us were catching fish, but we only would get one or two every 4 hours! The river is milky white, and we used corkys with pink yarn, with pencil lead sinker about two feet below the fly. Dose this sound right to the veteran humpy fisherman? Guess the weight would skip along the bottom a little slower that the current. Dont know what we were doing wrong!!!

I cant seem to keep them off my hook on the carbon,pink corkie and yarn red hook

[C-Money]

We must be doing something wrong. To long of liter, to fast or to slow of drift, not sure. We need to get with a veteran humpy fishermen on this site and go figure it out!

[BigGoonTuna]

i love humpies...

it makes for a lot more peaceful steelhead and coho fishing on the rivers i like to fish!