Tips on what flies to tie for Salmon / Oak Orchard

Never fished the Oak but have fished the SR for 30+ yrs.Tie those egg flies on size 12 heavy hooks,pink.red,chartruse.Prince,pheasant tail,and flash back nympths in size 10.Various streamers and wooly buggers in size 10-8.The leaches should be good!

Mountian Man
Treble hook wrapped in lead

I'd rather go fishing. It's more fun

chartist1
I like sucker spawn, size 10, in pink, white and orange.  I've had my best success using a single white egg around size 10.

WHAT???? I thought you were a big fan of black estaz on a large hook?

Thanks all. 
 
I don't want to resort to Russian tactics on my first trip. So I'll skip the trebs and lead, lol.
 

Spring's Wigglers always worked good in the Oak.  Fuzz on a big hook seems to be the popular fly in the SR in October, but those guys are all lining the fish anyway, it is not just Russians, pretty much everyone from south of the NYS line is a poacher.  Unless you already haver a room booked, you'll have more to worry about with getting a place to stay in October.  If you go to the SR in September and can get down river (pay to play), buggers, comets, streamers in bright colors can often get smashed by the early kings.  Also, tie some hot pink flies (the Cardinelle has been good for me) for cohoes, they might just blow through where you are fishing and they do like some pink.

What I'd like to add is that to me it's not so much the fly but more reading and fishing certain water more. A salmon is a shark and will be more aggressive in the right conditions no matter what's in it's way.
There are places you see lots of fish in corralled . Not my gig or water so I think your throwing the hail Mary. Other places are rock hound conga line windmilling, great location, poor conditions to fish.
Those places produce fish no question. In my years I prefer to fish 4-6 deep broken water. Seeing moving, holding fish allow me to figure out what fly they want or don t.
In a swing condition I absolutely want to see the river bottom, I do not want to lift my fly at all , I want it to swing at 2 feet below surface. When fish move towards your fly, your heart leaps . When they don t, you change flies or location.
Last season was pretty fishy, my go to was casting behind lots of fish and having them slam a size 8 egg on the dangle.
If there is active fish moving, there is no need to leave a spot but ,figure out the fly.
If the fish are running around in a barrel with spears thrown at them, then throw dynamite, it may clear the hole out .

Lots of great tips! Looks like I'll be busy getting these things all tied up. 

Get the current issue of Eastern Flyfishing, a good summary of all you need to known is in the article on the Oak.

Let me add I used to do well at the Oak fishing streamers in size 2 and 4.   Chart and silver worked good.
 

I understand and agree that small is good.
What, however, ever happened to the #1 and #2 and #4 popsicles -especially early ??

chartist1
 
twobob, I won't be at the hotel this year.  I am only fishing the DSR and won't be going to Altmar.

You weren't there last time I tried to meet you!
 

Nothing wrong with those, but I've seen salmon refuse larger offerings then swing sideways  in the current to crush a single egg. Some singles in pale orange/oregon cheese and  pink could do ya.....  Just in case. 

fichy
Nothing wrong with those, but I've seen salmon refuse larger offerings then swing sideways  in the current to crush a single egg. Some singles in pale orange/oregon cheese and  pink could do ya.....  Just in case. 

Agree

Flourescent Pink ( Magenta) can be killer on cohos, and browns when the water is off color.