purdy, need help!!!

[Jake Bannon]

A buddy and me are fishing purdy tomarrow but are gonna get there at 6AM due to the fact we do not have licenses yet and the tide is gonna be really high and its gonna be dark, is there any ways my tactics should be changed other than throwing clousers. Would glow in the dark flies be better, as you can tell I do not know what to do, any info would be much appreciated, thanks.

[Wayne Jordan]

:beathead:My first suggestion would be to buy a license...

[TomB]

you can buy licenses online ya know...otherwise you are poaching

[Zen Piscator]

Im calling the poaching hotline. But really, just get a license, it takes 10 minutes.

[Dick Warnke]

I'm at a loss for words.....I don't believe what I just read. It has to be a put on!!! Nobody can be that damn stupid!!

[Banzai]

Pacsteel, I'd like to assume that the reason you did not fish yesterday was so you could purchase your license for tdays outing? Otherwise, announcing that you will be at a particular location at a certain time without one would seem a serious lack of intelligence, not to mention an admission of criminal intent. And that, Dude, will garner you absolutely NO helpful info.

[Jon Borcherding]

The tough thing about trolling is setting the hook. Sometimes.:rofl:
JonB

[salt dog]

Duh. :beathead:

[Jake Bannon]

sorry for the mistake when I meant license I meant drivers license.:( I purchased my fishing license a week ago.

[Ringlee]

Fishing Purdy on a high tide will be a waste of time IMO.

[Jon Borcherding]

:rofl: :rofl: Congratulations on your new FISHING License! :rofl:
It's probably kind of tough getting around without that driver's license, huh?
Hey, Pacsteel, I'm a newbie too. You're probably a better caster than I am! I'm pushing 50 and I've been fishing since I was a kid but I just took up fly fishing about a year ago. I'm not an expert so the best advice I can give you is to fish until your arm hurts. You'll learn something new every time. Read some books. Les Johnson's "Fly Fishing Coastal Cutthroat" is full of usefull info. I also want to pass on a good piece of advice that was given to me when I started. When you arrive at your destination and you have all your gear ready and your rod strung and a fly tied on and you're ready to start casting. Stop for a minute. Find a nice log or a rock and sit down and just watch the water. Look for jumpers, birds, dimples, rises, bait, rollers, nervous water....anything! Just watch. Then go fishing. Hope you have a blast, kid!

JonB

[Jake Bannon]

Well it turns out that I did not go to purdy but instead Olalla since it is closer, got there at low tide and it was starting to come in. Started tossing a olive over white clouser and within 5min I landed a 15in cutty. A short while later I saw a bunch of chum fry swimming close to shore with what appered to be cutthroat taking fast swipes at them. I had tied up a few chum fry patterns the night before and ended up with just a 6in on the chum fry. We had walked a ways to a large point and saw alot of coho jumping but they were far out of our reach, can some one tell me what brings the coho close to shore. Is it differnt bait they are feeding on or mabye it has to do with weather conditions:confused: . So thats what we got the whole day and itwas worth it, at least to me because Im a beginner fly angler and dont have TONS of sucess.

[Jon Borcherding]

RIGHT ON!!!
Nice going on that cutthroat!! That must have been a beautiful fish!:thumb:
JonB

[Banzai]

:o Glad to hear it was your drivers license that was required. Happy I didn't set a torch to the firewood and stake I had you tied to. But, seriously, we've had some real, um, "sports" visit this forum at times, and most of us are very sensitive about poaching. I haven't found anything that will actually draw out of range fish in to the beach. Sometimes a change in wind or tide will do it if you can wait it out. It can be frustrating. Well done.

[hendersonbaylocal]

:o Glad to hear it was your drivers license that was required. Happy I didn't set a torch to the firewood and stake I had you tied to. But, seriously, we've had some real, um, "sports" visit this forum at times, and most of us are very sensitive about poaching. I haven't found anything that will actually draw out of range fish in to the beach. Sometimes a change in wind or tide will do it if you can wait it out. It can be frustrating. Well done.

you mean you've never chummed the water?

[salt dog]

Pac Steel, it's not uncommon to see Coho feeding along current seams beyond casting range. The distance the seams are from shore frequently vary depending upon tide stage, and with a dropping tide, or the beginning of the incoming, you might see the current seam forming within casting range for a short period over the course of day, maybe only for 20-30 minutes. Sometimes timing is everything.

Try the same location at different points during a tidal exchange, or fish the entire tide, to see if this happens at that location. The fish are lining up at the buffet table, and will be where ever the food is being served up by the currents.

[Banzai]

:eek: I've only "chummed the waters" while on a tuna troller..., then I threw some bait in the water toward the Albacore...