Where I live we have a land locked Atlantic salmon spawn between April and early June, and they are hard to get to bite. We are lucky to be able to use spoons and flats. Some days they bite the flies, and some days they hammer the spoons. You never know what kind of mood they are in.
What is the deal with using a straight (non tapered) 10lb leader? This is something that seems popular in NFLD and New Brunswick for some reason. It doesn't cast / present the fly as well nor is it as strong as a tapered leader so why is this a "thing" ? I've never heard anybody explain it beyond saying "ah, you don't need a tapered leader".
Chad, good question. The reason guides recommend a straight piece of mono is two-fold: first, they don't want any knot leaders as the knots cause drag in fast current, second; they believe a tapered leader is not necessary as a stiff piece of mono will easily turnover a wet fly even in a stiff wind. If you want to use a tapered leader, that is fine, just they don't believe it is necessary.
Everything I have heard or been told about letting salmon go is never to take them out of the water and release them. I counted ten seconds this guy had big salmon up in his hands. What gives, why do I see this being done on a lot of these shows? Cheers
Len, these are some of the older shows. If you check our more recent content, we have dramatically changed our fish handling. Good example is this show from last year: th-cam.com/video/fr3K5QGBdnI/w-d-xo.html Thank you for your feedback!
Where I live we have a land locked Atlantic salmon spawn between April and early June, and they are hard to get to bite. We are lucky to be able to use spoons and flats. Some days they bite the flies, and some days they hammer the spoons. You never know what kind of mood they are in.
What is the deal with using a straight (non tapered) 10lb leader? This is something that seems popular in NFLD and New Brunswick for some reason. It doesn't cast / present the fly as well nor is it as strong as a tapered leader so why is this a "thing" ? I've never heard anybody explain it beyond saying "ah, you don't need a tapered leader".
Chad, good question. The reason guides recommend a straight piece of mono is two-fold: first, they don't want any knot leaders as the knots cause drag in fast current, second; they believe a tapered leader is not necessary as a stiff piece of mono will easily turnover a wet fly even in a stiff wind. If you want to use a tapered leader, that is fine, just they don't believe it is necessary.
is Grils a Salmon?
yes but they are just first time returning to the river from the sea, they call them grisle
Let me get that rod
Everything I have heard or been told about letting salmon go is never to take them out of the water and release them. I counted ten seconds this guy had big salmon up in his hands. What gives, why do I see this being done on a lot of these shows? Cheers
Len, these are some of the older shows. If you check our more recent content, we have dramatically changed our fish handling. Good example is this show from last year: th-cam.com/video/fr3K5QGBdnI/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for your feedback!
“Steelhead are easy”, yeah try fishing for the non Great Lake ones lol! West Coast Wild rival the east coast Atlantic all day of the week.
True wilderness??? Surrounded by a million rules.
Inspirational video, many thanks.
Beautiful environs ..... wonderful fish.
Bravo.