troutman413
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One Fly
Coming to the Salmon River for only the second time the end of September. Question: If you had to fish with only ONE Fly, what would it be and what kind of set-up would you use?
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pafisher
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Chartruse glo bug size ten with 8# flora tippet and some weight 3' from hook to tick the bottom a couple times a drift....if ONLY one fly!
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spoonchucker
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Salmon river Yankee fly. Cast fly, drift fly, YANKEE fly. Cast fly, drift fly, YANKEE fly. Eventually you'll hook a fish. Somewhere. 
Get Informed, Get Involved, And Make A Difference. Step Up, or Step Aside The next time you say "Somebody should do something", remember that YOU are somebody. GL
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draketrutta 
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Chartruse glo bug size ten with 8# flora tippet and some weight 3' from hook to tick the bottom a couple times a drift....if ONLY one fly!
that will work - keep your eye on the ball 
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waDerboy
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Sorry can't give you just one.
Kings-size #8 with a black bunny tail, black bunny dubbed back 2/3 chartruse dubbed bunny front leaving enough room for a sparsw black feather collar, the chartruse should shape change as the collar pulses when tied properly.
Coho- #4 red or pink comet with a copper body.
All tied on 3 x long nympth hooks.
I'm cheap so mustad 9672 still works for me.
You will bend a few if you try to muscle rather than play some of the bigger fishies.
Around 1/2 to 3/4 minute per pound is a reasonable timeframe to judge your pressure depending individual fish.
Rig- 9 foot leader tapering to a 10-15 # test floro tippit depending on water color, speed and depth.
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chartist
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They were wacking brown wolly buggers last year so be sure to have a few on hand.
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salmotrutta
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Orange Comet for Kings with black collar, gold chain eyes. Tapered leader to 10-15# flouroflex tippet. Only used 10 till last year & the Big hybrids? smoked me good.
Gonna go bunny this Fall like WaDerboy suggests too.
Glo bugs once eggies are in the water. Match the hatch...
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troutman413
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Now there has to be more of you with your favorite fly.... I'll quantify it by asking for your favorite Steelhead fly!
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hot tuna
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Dude, that’s like asking my favorite brook trout pond.. lol..
Steelhead 101 :
Fall > egg pattern
Winter > nymph pattern
Spring > streamer pattern
Pic's you say ??
Show me yours, I’ll show you mine .. LMAO !!
"whats that smell like fish oh baby" .. J. Kaukonen
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dimebrite
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i tend to like the ones that are the end of my line
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cbeagler
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Salmon river Yankee fly.
Cast fly, drift fly, YANKEE fly.
Cast fly, drift fly, YANKEE fly.
Eventually you'll hook a fish.
Somewhere.
Thanks spoon. I lost half a cup of coffee through my nose on that one! HA! You have to share that on the Erie board.
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Coming to the Salmon River for only the second time the end of September. Question: If you had to fish with only ONE Fly, what would it be and what kind of set-up would you use?
If I had to fish with ONE fly it would be my " idiot pattern" for having one pattern in a black nymph when they're banging up chartruse all around me...sorry just my mood, but you would be an idiot to have one pattern on the SR
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AK Skim
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...sorry just my mood I WIN
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spoonchucker
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Beagler,
Yankee flys are popular enough on the Erie tribs as it is.
Get Informed, Get Involved, And Make A Difference. Step Up, or Step Aside The next time you say "Somebody should do something", remember that YOU are somebody. GL
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AK Skim
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Egg Sucking Leech 
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