วีดีโอ

Likewise, Mike! Was hoping to get out one more time for SRCs, but it's looking like that's not gonna happen for me. Let me know if you get some!

Great to hear. Thanks!

Any thoughts on what part of the river they will be in towards the end of October?

@@frankheimerdinger7407 Great question. With the lack of rain, they've been unusually hard to find lately, so my thinking is they're either already up in the tribs, or more likely, hanging back down in tidewater. All that said, I'm betting after the squirt of rain coming in the next week or so, the fish will move up & around. Would love to hear other's thoughts too though!

Also, if you don't know if it's legal, maybe don't repeatedly use fish grabbers to smash its teeth?

Yep. When they're fresh from the salt, they tend to be pretty bright. Then, once they're in the freshwater for a while, they color up real nice, and their spots and throats become much more pronounced.

The Crackbaby is the only fly I use for SRCs: th-cam.com/video/Wvaq4u78W-g/w-d-xo.htmlsi=cG1kcjD3W-17QDKH

@@catlauncher Thanks. I will check it out. I scouted the Upper N this weekend, no luck. Someone mentioned it gets an early run. Do you mind sharing the best times to go? Its a long drive for me to get the the coast, lol.

"Best time to go"... great question. I mainly fish the Alsea and Siletz, and they usually start showing up in July and then it usually gets better as the weeks progress and things cool off, with Sept-Oct being prime. Not sure about other coastal streams, but I'd imagine they're all fairly similar.

@@catlauncher Thank you! I did drive up 229 to see if spots on the siletz this past weekend, but since its a new river for me I had no clue where to start and the windy road didnt help. lol. How far from tidewater in sep-oct? I did see some of the parks along the road, but again, not sure.

Siletz and Alsea are very different for SRCs. Lower Siletz is mainly private property, so I fish the tidewater section from my pontoon boat. Alsea has a lot of public access throughout its length, so that's mainly walk & wade fishing above tidewater. For both rivers, broadly speaking, I stick to the lower 20 miles or so. Like I say though, pretty much all coastal streams in OR have an SRC run in them, so I'd explore the ones closest and learn where the fish hang out. It's fun to try and figure out!

I'm not familiar with Kamp Klin, but I can tell you that we were far upstream from Tolmin. Hope that helps.

@@righteousriverfishinginoregon7 Thanks. The fly-fishing can be killer at night with a bright headlamp.

@@catlauncher Sounds fun.

@@barrystokes358 Oh yeah, I’ve tied it in a variety of colors, but nine times out of ten I use this shrimp pink version. I’ve never fished for SRCs in the salt though. Let us know how you do, and thanks for posting!

Thanks. And yeah, sometimes those cabezon will have a similar blueish phase too, but this is definitely a lingcod.

@@catlauncher Ling all day. nice colored fish. Good work.

I often use a 5' fast sinking polyleader with a couple of feet of flouro tippet. Really depends on where you're fishing though i.e. I like to get down deep under some of those overhanging shelves and cover where the SRCs lurk.

Flat-medium. I tried the size small, but they're too limp and don't seem to have as much movement. The mediums are also more durable.

Have you tried to tie it in reverse, i.e the head with the rubber legs and bead facing the bend of the hook instead of the eye, like a “traditional” Scandinavian shrimp pattern?

Thanks!

Straight floating OB Short with a 5' sinking Polyleader, and then about 2' of 3x tippet.

Thanks. I don't think it mimics anything specific at all. Just like the Royal Coachman, it's just an attractor pattern that I think really get's the SRC's attention and triggers their predatory response.

@@catlauncher very nice, thank's for the response. I've watched a few of your videos. I'm a big salmon and steelhead fisherman but your videos are pulling me back to trout. Lol. Fun fishing.

Probably. You should try it and report back! ;-)

Thanks! Rod is a 9.5 ft 5wt Sage VXP. Line is Rio Outbound Short.

Sorry, but I have no idea. It was a gift from a local shop that‘s now out of business.

Wow, thank you! All I did was prop my iPhone up on my desk and let it rip.

So sorry, but I just don't have the bandwidth to do any tying. But I'm flattered you asked! Maybe a local fly-shop can tie some for you?

@@catlauncher ok thanks

Report back with results. ;-)

@@catlauncher was out there hammering on Chinook today was a blast just got my fish cleaned

With that much action, I think YOU should post a video! 🤩

Thanks!

You bet. Hope it helps!

Great question. The short answer is "yes". But, it seems to have changed over the years. Used to be only a late Aug-early Oct fishery. Then for several years the runs seems to come a lot earlier e.g. early July. The past couple of years though they seem to run late, and I haven't really had good success until well into Sept. In short, SRCs are fickle, and will show up in coastal rivers sometime between July and Sept, depending on their mood, and whatever other conditions I still can't figure out. I'll keep chasing them though.

Your comment has inspired me to finally get off my rear and make a tutorial video. ;-) Until then… the fly (“Crackbaby“) is tied using a tungsten bead with six white & black flaked rubber legs right behind it. Then a hot orange hackle behind the legs. Body is shrimp flat braid coated with UV resin. Tail is hot orange hackle fibers. I tie it backwards i.e. after tying in the tail first, I then work backwards from the front and whip-finish right at the tail. Hope that helps!

@@catlauncher thank you!

@MShopmeyer, here you go!: th-cam.com/video/Wvaq4u78W-g/w-d-xo.html

Rio Outbound Short line with a 5' sinking polyleader. About 2' of tippet.

What'd you find?

@@catlauncher unfortunately no luck for me at all lol but definitely saw some fishing jumping around mile 9 so there definitely staged up for the push up

I generally cast a 5wt, but that also has to do with the fact that I‘m casting a tungsten bead-head fly on a fairly aggressive streamer line and a polyleader. That said, my last time out I took a 6 and 7 wt because, as you said… salmon! ;-)

Thanks!

Thank you! It's great to be able to share the fun with others.

Thanks! I was throwing a 180gr SA Spey Lite Skagit with a poly-leader..

Thanks! I'd love to go again one of these days. Slovenia was awesome.