It’s kinda weird I don’t really know how to explain it but snagging is kinda rare when you have experience but usually when it has it in its mouth it usually starts to pull back hard or it’s just a fast jerk I don’t really know how to explain it
When fishing the Puyallup River the most common method of fishing is called 'flossing' it is essentially a form of snagging fish in the mouth. This river is full of silt from Mt. Rainier's glacier runoff which means that water visibility is minimal. People at this river are not using cured eggs, jigs, or spinners to target salmon. Nearly 100% of the folks fishing the Puyallup are using a 7-9ft+ leader, a small corky and some yarn on a 1/0 - 2/0 hook with a 5/8 - 3/4oz lead weight, most likely a cannonball weight. They cast slightly upriver and let their presentative drift downriver. As their presentation drifts they will feel the lead weight bounce on the bottom and when they feel a sudden tug or a pull the fisherman will set the hook very violently. This is to ensure their long leader is set properly into the fish. If they do not happen to feel any tug or pull, at the very end of the drift they will almost always do a mandatory hookset just as insurance in case a salmon happens to swim by their leader. The 'flossing' method is essentially to have a very long leader sweep across a river's deep hole or pool which schools of salmon hold up in. The long leader increases your chance of sliding into the salmon's mouth, head, or body. That sudden tug or pull they will feel is essentially the hook getting caught onto a fish, it is not an actual bite. You will see many fish pulled up with hooked elsewhere other than the mouth. The fish at the Puyallup do not bite little corkies in 3" of visibility. Flossing is seen as unethical but when everyone is using this method it is accepted locally.
I'm new to Washington I tried to go to Puyallup but I didn't know how to get to the river I got lost😂
Does everyone snag fish out of the Puyallup? Or do you guys set the hook every time cause your getting bit?
It’s kinda weird I don’t really know how to explain it but snagging is kinda rare when you have experience but usually when it has it in its mouth it usually starts to pull back hard or it’s just a fast jerk I don’t really know how to explain it
When fishing the Puyallup River the most common method of fishing is called 'flossing' it is essentially a form of snagging fish in the mouth. This river is full of silt from Mt. Rainier's glacier runoff which means that water visibility is minimal. People at this river are not using cured eggs, jigs, or spinners to target salmon. Nearly 100% of the folks fishing the Puyallup are using a 7-9ft+ leader, a small corky and some yarn on a 1/0 - 2/0 hook with a 5/8 - 3/4oz lead weight, most likely a cannonball weight. They cast slightly upriver and let their presentative drift downriver. As their presentation drifts they will feel the lead weight bounce on the bottom and when they feel a sudden tug or a pull the fisherman will set the hook very violently. This is to ensure their long leader is set properly into the fish. If they do not happen to feel any tug or pull, at the very end of the drift they will almost always do a mandatory hookset just as insurance in case a salmon happens to swim by their leader. The 'flossing' method is essentially to have a very long leader sweep across a river's deep hole or pool which schools of salmon hold up in. The long leader increases your chance of sliding into the salmon's mouth, head, or body. That sudden tug or pull they will feel is essentially the hook getting caught onto a fish, it is not an actual bite. You will see many fish pulled up with hooked elsewhere other than the mouth. The fish at the Puyallup do not bite little corkies in 3" of visibility. Flossing is seen as unethical but when everyone is using this method it is accepted locally.