Swinger or Drifter?

Dead drifting would get my nod for numbers. Fishing smaller resting pockets that are realy to small for swinging produces some great action. That said I swing as much as I dead drift because I enjoy it more. I just have to pick my spots accordingly. In truth I don't really fish for salmon much anymore. Mostly fish around them looking for steel. No action and I will fish to the salmon after a while but I don't go out targeting them.

I fish for both pretty much the way I do when nymphing for Trout.
Dead drift & keep drag out of the equation as much as possible.
For a pod of holding Salmon that haven't been chased around it sometimes pays to swing streamers. I had my best day ever doing that.
Just my observation. I'm no expert by any means.

lol slayer good one

Anything big,bright,and fluffy should work.A friend of mine ties simple flies out of tinsel/flash material---they work well.

WB- got a pic. of this beast you can give me?

These are my fav's. Dawn told me they were the bomb on my first trip up there & she was right.


I also make up a double bunny up. Orange over cream. It's a **** good fly too. Sometimes I add a little flash to it, but just a hint.
One more midnight & I'm off till Wed.
Almost time to get some tying done!

Salmo I am picture posting illiterate. Even if I had a digital camera I won't know how to post the pics on the tubes.
 
Just picture the tail and body like a woolybugger. Tie in a goodly amount of falshabou at the throat before you wrap the body so the chenile covers the tie in. Now instead of palmering a hackle just spread the bou aropund the shank. Use the whip finish knot to angle the bou back toward the body and finish. Take the back edge of your scissors and scrape the bou with them making it curl adding motion and flash when fished.

Hands down comets are now my go to fly if I decide to fish for salmon. I like red tail with copper body and red hackle myself. Also big chartruse streamers work well for me. Can't figure why they work but I get no action to chartruse comets.

When you talk of swinging... are you "swinging" the flys down stream in front of the fish or a pod of salmon trying to entice them to "bite"

Swinger
BTW: I like my Tuna Hot

Don't forget the hang down at the end of the swing. I have taken many salmon off of  the toes of anglers downstream.

I've never had that happen with a Salmon, but it's worth a try. Trout do it often.
Pluggers are basically doing this to work up a strike the whole way down the river. Right?

Correct.. One I first started fly fihing for samlon we had the priviledge of being invited by a company we were going to by machines from to a few guided trips. This really helped understand, salmon, fly fihing and presentation. The one thing my guide stressed was MEND...MEND...and more MEND.. Oh and keeping your elbow up. The next morning was worse than a day at the gym.So, as i drift past salmon and I'm ready to re cast I continue the mending process by habit keeping the fly in a natural drift so to speak. and I get lucky on occasion.

Just got in from the fly shop.
Got some more hooks & some bunny strips because I wasn't sure what I have.
I got some of those Daiichi X-Factor glow bug hooks. Like 8 bucks for a 25 pack. Sweet Jeebus- I won't be bottom bouncing with those bastages!

Very cool HT. That site is a good one.

I wish......It's off of Yankee fly's site (but you knew that).
I've had that saved in my pics. for years. Hahahaha.
Are they open yet? In spite of the dumb move posting that clip out back last year it's still my fav. place to go.

I'm not sure their open yet--but I've seen them around.