Langara Bound

[snagged in outlet 3]

12 hours ago, Ham said:

. I’m not saying I’ll never get seasick, but I’ll argues to my dying breath that I don’t get seasick easily. I missed a good chance to get seasick today.

I

I’ve chummed the Atlantic, the gulf and the pacific.   If it swells, I have the chum line out immediately😂.   Even with Dramamine.  

[Flysmallie]

2 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I’ve chummed the Atlantic, the gulf and the pacific.   If it swells, I have the chum line out immediately😂.   Even with Dramamine.  

That sucks. I've seen people out on trips and it's obviously horrible.

 

Luckily you can't make me seasick. 

[Ham]

Quick Lunchbreak. The Fishmaster went out with me again this morning. I am an easy client. I want to catch anything and it doesn’t have to be big. started trying for King Salmon. This guy tried to eat a cut plug herring. I had those flounder trying to get a herring too.

Derrick suggested a spot for me to try the swimbait for a lingcod. Literally, the first cast on that spot. That 8 inch swimbait has been one of my Big Ideas that actually worked. 
More Black Rockfish on Fly. More Cohos. More Quillback. More Lingcod. I lost a Big Coho that I would have kept.

i still need two Salmon and a halibut to round out my license. 

[Flysmallie]

1 minute ago, Ham said:

Literally, the first cast on that spot. That

coolass fish.

[BilletHead]

22 minutes ago, Ham said:

Quick Lunchbreak. The Fishmaster went out with me again this morning. I am an easy client. I want to catch anything and it doesn’t have to be big. started trying for King Salmon. This guy tried to eat a cut plug herring. I had those flounder trying to get a herring too.

Derrick suggested a spot for me to try the swimbait for a lingcod. Literally, the first cast on that spot. That 8 inch swimbait has been one of my Big Ideas that actually worked. 
More Black Rockfish on Fly. More Cohos. More Quillback. More Lingcod. I lost a Big Coho that I would have kept.

i still need two Salmon and a halibut to round out my license. 

SHAZAMM!

[Ham]

I had the Best Afternoon. I was kinda giving up on my dream of catching 5 species on fly. It was pretty frustrating trying to deal with current/depth/wind and boat control. I devised an evil plan to add weight to keep my line down and it freaking worked like a charm. 
I tried a spot that did not work at all and then hit the spot where I got my Lingcod this morning. I really wanted a Lingcod on fly. 
First freaking drop! Flyfer Copper Rockfish, Second Drop! Freaking Flyfer QuillbackNow understand the wind was blowing pretty hard and I had to motor and reset boat position after every fish.

Third Drop! Freaking Flyfer! I think it is a female Kelp Greenling, but I have not confirmed. after that the Black Rockfish got turned on and I caught big one after big one and I was trying to keep it away from them when I could. 
I tried another little spot and could only wrangle more Black Rock fish and one for @FishnDaveSea Urchin

I got a second Copper Rockfish. And the Black Rockfish are like catching 3-5 lb Largemouth Bass. I relocated to try for Salmon. I caught a Coho and my second King Salmon on cut plug herring.

When I got my King, I put the mooching rods away and grabbed the fairy wand again. I had a place in mind to try to make some magic. 
Abracadabra !!!In just a couple of minutes, I hooked my Flyfer Lingcod. He rolled himself up like a burrito in the net. I thought I’d never him out. So, I’m never satisfied.so I caught another one! 
I’m thrilled with results and with finding a way to make it work.

One more brief window of opportunity tomorrow. And then the arduous journey home begins. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

A sea urchin on fly has to be pretty rare right??!!

[Ham]

3 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

A sea urchin on fly has to be pretty rare right??!!

Sure, I guess. I think Dave had a list of all the non fish stuff he has caught on fly. Word on the street is that no species of aquatic turtle is safe and that Box Turtles better sleep with one eye open if they are near water. 

[BilletHead]

7 hours ago, Ham said:

I had the Best Afternoon. I was kinda giving up on my dream of catching 5 species on fly. It was pretty frustrating trying to deal with current/depth/wind and boat control. I devised an evil plan to add weight to keep my line down and it freaking worked like a charm. 
I tried a spot that did not work at all and then hit the spot where I got my Lingcod this morning. I really wanted a Lingcod on fly. 
First freaking drop! Flyfer Copper Rockfish, Second Drop! Freaking Flyfer QuillbackNow understand the wind was blowing pretty hard and I had to motor and reset boat position after every fish.

Third Drop! Freaking Flyfer! I think it is a female Kelp Greenling, but I have not confirmed. after that the Black Rockfish got turned on and I caught big one after big one and I was trying to keep it away from them when I could. 
I tried another little spot and could only wrangle more Black Rock fish and one for @FishnDaveSea Urchin

I got a second Copper Rockfish. And the Black Rockfish are like catching 3-5 lb Largemouth Bass. I relocated to try for Salmon. I caught a Coho and my second King Salmon on cut plug herring.

When I got my King, I put the mooching rods away and grabbed the fairy wand again. I had a place in mind to try to make some magic. 
Abracadabra !!!In just a couple of minutes, I hooked my Flyfer Lingcod. He rolled himself up like a burrito in the net. I thought I’d never him out. So, I’m never satisfied.so I caught another one! 
I’m thrilled with results and with finding a way to make it work.

One more brief window of opportunity tomorrow. And then the arduous journey home begins. 

                Fantasamo!  Love it when a plan comes together as yours most certainly did.  have you invested in a full sink line? 

[Quillback]

16 hours ago, Ham said:

Quick Lunchbreak. The Fishmaster went out with me again this morning. I am an easy client. I want to catch anything and it doesn’t have to be big. started trying for King Salmon. This guy tried to eat a cut plug herring. I had those flounder trying to get a herring too.

Derrick suggested a spot for me to try the swimbait for a lingcod. Literally, the first cast on that spot. That 8 inch swimbait has been one of my Big Ideas that actually worked. 
More Black Rockfish on Fly. More Cohos. More Quillback. More Lingcod. I lost a Big Coho that I would have kept.

i still need two Salmon and a halibut to round out my license. 

Nice ling, I think they are better eating than halibut.