Whale Flies?

[rawalker]

So I was out bird watching today at high tide at Budd Inlet and saw a whale. It was a bit outside my casting range (about 100 yards away). I'm new to this area and was wondering what kind of fly I should tie up just in case?

 

[Mickeyd]

A #18 BWO should work....on a 6x tippett

 

[GeorgeV]

A #18 BWO should work....on a 6x tippett

#18 Blue Whale Olive??

 

[cabezon]

A chum fly (the salmon, not a mimic of its prey). The southern resident killer whales (SRKW) spend the late fall in the South Sound feeding on chum salmon. After the chum run is over (especially the late Nisqually run), the SRKW head out through the Strait of Juan de Fuca into the Pacific Ocean and turn south for the winter in search of feeding salmon. They may end up as far south as Monterey Bay.
Steve

 

[Mickeyd]

#18 Blue Whale Olive??

We have a winner! GeorgeV got it.

 

[Driftless Dan]

That wasn't a whale, it was an Atlantic Salmon.

 

[g_smolt]

We usually use krill flies for beach cruisers.

 

[sroffe]

#18 Blue Whale Olive??

Is that #18 or #18/0?

 

[Googaplex]

Is that #18 or #18/0?

I think he meant 18#

 

[rawalker]

Time to sit down at the vise!

 

[Jim Travers]

Heavily tempting to rig up a rig with enough horse power and strap in and try to reel in a whale. Seriously considering lookin' af options to take on this as a project. GUARANTEED making the fishin' mag cover circuit with a FEAT like that

 

[Brian Miller]

Seriously considering lookin' af options to take on this as a project. GUARANTEED making the fishin' mag cover circuit with a FEAT like that.

If you survived the Nantucket sleigh ride and the locals' clubs and pitch forks, you'd look great on the fishin' mag covers in orange coveralls.

 

[JamesRPL+]

"we are going to need a bigger boat" n' a lot more backing....

 

[driftboatdan]

I like to dead drift a dead baby orca fly...the female whales will carry it around in their mouth for up to 3 days, so take your time setting the hook.

 

[GeorgeV]

Now in the preliminary design of a 'tailer' that will handle a very large whale or one of the smaller varieties. The tailer needs to be completely redesigned because a whales flukes are horizontal while the Atlantic salmon's tail is vertical, it not just a matter of increasing the size.