Chum Fry - They're Back!

[Freedon]

It's time to break out the chum babies boys, I found my first school of fry in the south sound yesterday.
It was in a cove off the main inlet, and not really close to any significant spawning stream, so they must have been cruising a ways. The fry were tiny of course, and the school was only the size of a picnic table, but a couple of minute after seeing the bait, the only surface splash of the day came off about 15 feet from the boat, and I hooked four SRC's on four casts.

So, mark your calendars, grab your favorite patterns, and "Let the wild rumpus begin". I don't know about you, but this marks the first day of spring for me.

[D3Smartie]

saw my first chum fry yesterday. Beautiful evening on the water and plenty of active fish.

[gigharborflyfisher]

Good to know that their out there, now I just have to get that cursed wind to calm down so I can go get some cutties!!

[Clint F]

Thanks for the info. I will have to tie some chum babys and get out there.

[herl]

I have also been noticing them on this side of the sound. How long does this "hatch" usually last?

[D3Smartie]

even more chum fry out tonight but less fish activity. Much better yesterday in the wind.

[miyawaki]

I've had a couple beach classes out in the last weeks and have chum fry between 1 and 1 1/2" long in two to three inches of water. Nature is so smart – she makes sure the cutts have lots of food waiting for them when they come out of their spawning streams.

Leland.

[Jake Bannon]

Im kind of a beginner at fly fishing but have been targeting the cutts and cohos with pretty good success. Im near a little crick with lots of chum and saw the chum fry in the creek a few weeks ago, but can someone tell if its chum fry other than looking at them in the water.