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Mon. AM fishing on Winni

Had the pleasure of having master angler Alan Nute aboard along with RFP Blue Fin (Jack McGinnis another great angler). We landed 18 salmon, 9 lakers, 2 rainbows, and 2 big white perch. Jack and Alan had doubles catching 2 4+# salmon. The early bite was fantastic and most fish came on lead with flies, 6 colors. A few off the riggers on flies. Most of the smaller fish came on hardware. Largest salmon were twin 22" 4 1/2#'s. Largest laker was a fat 22" one. Largest rainbow was 19". We had 5 runts and the rest were all keeper size. Had 4 or 5 long distance releases and about a dozen releases on the riggers with nobody home. Best lure was orange and white, and best colors on flies were red and white. The darker flies were best early. We tried several different flies and if they didn't work changed up quickly. I can't remember the names of all the flies, but Alan left me with some of the hot ones. Thanks!

Tight lines,
Salty

Re: Mon. AM fishing on Winni (FISHING REPORT)

Meant to say report.

Re: Mon. AM fishing on Winni

Atta boy, I allready ordered some of the hot ones, I called Alan as soon as he got back, LOL.

Only kidding, but I did talk to him to order a few flys I've been thinking about and he told me you guys did good today.

John S.

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Salty -- I'm pretty comfortable with hardware but one thing I did not try much (or enough of) was trolling flies. How are you fishing the flies? Alone or behind a dodger or flasher? What leader test # / length? I've got several of Alan's colorful creations (and time / condition instructions) but I've not fished them much and I've not had so much as a hit. On Moosehead I got almost NO early bite from 0530 - 0700 (most action between 0700 - 0900) but I pretty much exclusively trolled with hardware off riggers. I wonder if lead + flies would have been better for early / first light? There were some bug hatches and signs of fish on top but I felt wholly unprepared as to how to tap into that...near surface to 15-ft trolling with hardware produced nothing. I got all my decent fish at depth on hardware.

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Still fishing 6 colors or deeper. Using 50 to 75 ' leader on lead (8#) Tying a small barrel swivel with 4 to 5' Seaguar leader 4# to 8# test. I tie fly to leader. No dodger.

Salty

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Salty - sounds simple...the little I've done with streamers I have rigged them in similar fashion. Must be I'm not fishing them early enough or at the right depth...or that I'm not fishing Winni! Do you fish the same depths with the streamer flies as the lures or do you fish them shallower than lures at first light? Also, since you had Alan "the man" Nute out with you, I note he likes to use little dodgers he "tunes" with 18" of leader to the fly. How did Alan's technique compare to yours in terms of hits, fish etc.?

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We didn't use any dodgers at all that day. I think the flies match the bait best, so I think the key is to find the bait first. We fished hardware and flies at the same depths.

Salty

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Salty, were you using the flies mostly with lead or riggers? I think I recall you did best with flies off lead. Any thoughts as to whether to put flies back further from the ball when on 'riggers to mimic the presentation off the lead? Also, did you use your verticals on the riggers that day? Sorry for the 20 questions, I'm a total novice with flies....Eric