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Wednesday was a great day to be fishing for sea-run cutthroat on Puget Sound as there was a nice cloud cover and no wind. The mood was perfect. Top water fishing was excellent. The biggest sea-run cutthroat(19 1/4 inches) was a memorable one as shown in photo.
I was fishing a point which has historically produced many large sea-run cutthroat. I was in the process of casting and a large fish swirled 40 feet below my boat in the transition zone from shallow to deeper water. I immediately cast a few feet from the swirl. Within 2 or 3 strips the large sea-run cutthroat clobbered the top water pattern like a toilet flush. When the fish was hooked, it took off for deeper water and proceeded to go well into the fly line backing within 10 seconds or so. It took a few minutes to land the fish and was one of the hardest fighting sea-run cutthroat which I have hooked in a long time.
The last photo shows the size of numerous other sea-run cutthroat which were landed on a top water pattern.
Roger
I was fishing a point which has historically produced many large sea-run cutthroat. I was in the process of casting and a large fish swirled 40 feet below my boat in the transition zone from shallow to deeper water. I immediately cast a few feet from the swirl. Within 2 or 3 strips the large sea-run cutthroat clobbered the top water pattern like a toilet flush. When the fish was hooked, it took off for deeper water and proceeded to go well into the fly line backing within 10 seconds or so. It took a few minutes to land the fish and was one of the hardest fighting sea-run cutthroat which I have hooked in a long time.
The last photo shows the size of numerous other sea-run cutthroat which were landed on a top water pattern.
Roger