Take a chartreuse or red and yellow fly with a larger hook about 24" up the line put enough weight to just touch the bottom and bounce through without snagging, normally three large split shots to start then adjust from there. As your facing the river straight out is 12 o'clock. Depending on flow of river cast to 2 O'clock and let it flow to 10 o'clock and pull up and flip it again to the 2. Or opposite casting if on the other side of river. If the Pinks are there you'll catch one. Normally put out as much line as where the fish are running, you want the back of your drift to hit that magic area. Most Salmon will run lines up river, find that line and walla, your into them. When you feel a bump more than bottom pull up on the rod and state loudly, FISH ON!..... I never used anything else. I really like using a larger fly rod, seems like I have better sensitivity and exactly know when I get a thump on my line quicker. I have watched 2 years ago on the Pyullap River folks casting across river and reeling like crazy and wondering why they never caught a fish. I po'ed the whole lot, going and fishing right next to shore and hooked and released 6-7 within a few minutes, really po'd them when I let them loose.... GO with the drift of the water no faster and you don't need to be way out either, in fact don't where waders unless you need them to access the area, it will keep you out of the prime part of the river... If you want to fish the other side of the river then go to that bank, no need to cast all the way over and miss the best parts of the river..
