Salmon Fishing

Author: Seth Miller

There are two common ways of salmon fishing, for salmon enthusiasts. Salmon normally gather where the water is dark, or 'black'. Just where the water gets deep, that's where the salmon assemble. As with other fishing methods, salmon are also caught using bait. Some basic information on salmon fishing is as follows:

Salmon have moods for feeding. If they are in the mood they are probably up for anything. If they are not in a taking mood nothing you do will work.

Salmon are best caught when the days are cloudy and the lights are low, because They tend to gather deep in the holes on bright sunny days.

Salmon are aggressive when They are in the big lakes, and tend not to feed when They are in the river. even if They do not feed They will, however, strike because of their learned behavior. however, the longer They are in the river, the lesser the chance They will strike.

when setting the hook, do It by yanking downstream with the rod, three times, in a tugging motion.

The hooks need to be very sharp to penetrate the salmon's thick jaw.

Salmon are caught using flies, and different flies are used for before and during spawning. The flies that are used before spawning are:

Spey flies or marabou streamers with crystal flash (blue, black, chartreuse)

Wooly buggers (blue, black, red)

Hex flies

PM wiggler

Soft hackle green caddis

black stonefly

green or red-butted black Spey

Glo-bugs (green, yellow, chartreuse, milky white) with red eyes

The above flies are also used during spawning, as are glo-bugs (red, pink, orange) with red eyes. Smaller flies are better for fishing.

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