Trolling for coho on with a fly rod

[Jason1966]

Last week I watched an episode of West Coast Sporting Journal,
Mark was trolling for coho with a fly rod rigged with a spinner fly combination. What type of fly was he using ,it had 2 hooks on it.

 

[eroyd]

Didn't see it but probably a polar bear "bucktail." If coho are shallow and feeding there is no need for a spinner. I usually cut off the front hook.

 

[Jason1966]

Mark actually tied this up while out fishing , I think it was a skull head fly, use 6 beads and a small Colorado blade on 6 ft of 20lb fluorocarbon line.
Trolling it shallow from fly rods.

 

[eaglemaniac]

So what barrel was he fishing in last week? Or maybe he had one of the top guides on the west coast with him. eman

 

[Jason1966]

He was by himself, I can't remember what season and episode it was. He might have been near Rivers Inlet and fishing slack low tide, but can't be positive.

 

[Fins -n- Skins]

He was using Bucktail flies from Bob Brown Kootenay fly company. Skull head patterns ?

 

[Jason1966]

Thanks

 

[man*of*steel]

Bob Brown is no longer around. Check Gill & Gift website for pics of flies from other tiers.

 

[Chasin' Dreams]

When the Coho are feeding and you're fly fishing for them only a few things really matter with the fly type. Best not to fixate on only one type of fly being the god send.
Make it the size or a bit bigger than the bait they are chasing naturally. Make it ungulate if you can..ie trailers, hitches etc. Bucktails, lot's of bright blues, greens, blacks, mixed with some contrasting colors like pink/orange/red. Have some flashabou in there, metallics...
Some times just two contrasts work better though such as a baby blue/black etc. If your gonna cast and twitch retrieve you want some good weight up at the head. Let it sink twitch retrieve have the fly coming up and towards you after a bit of decent. But trolling in your prop wash and they are feeding I've had them smash so many different color combo bucktail fly types, tube flys, hitches, trailers etc.. Coho are voracious feeders when the bite is on. We've had them take fly's literally 5' behind the prop.

You want some killer fun, small skinny needlefish fly's on light gear stripped through the kelp beds while sitting still with engines off is a lot funner to me than the trolling prop wash fishing. Spend some time trolling for them first to find them then stop, motors off, and cast to them. Utopia

 

[big rock]

When the Coho are feeding and you're fly fishing for them only a few things really matter with the fly type. Best not to fixate on only one type of fly being the god send.
Make it the size or a bit bigger than the bait they are chasing naturally. Make it ungulate if you can..ie trailers, hitches etc. Bucktails, lot's of bright blues, greens, blacks, mixed with some contrasting colors like pink/orange/red. Have some flashabou in there, metallics...
Some times just two contrasts work better though such as a baby blue/black etc. If your gonna cast and twitch retrieve you want some good weight up at the head. Let it sink twitch retrieve have the fly coming up and towards you after a bit of decent. But trolling in your prop wash and they are feeding I've had them smash so many different color combo bucktail fly types, tube flys, hitches, trailers etc.. Coho are voracious feeders when the bite is on. We've had them take fly's literally 5' behind the prop.

You want some killer fun, small skinny needlefish fly's on light gear stripped through the kelp beds while sitting still with engines off is a lot funner to me than the trolling prop wash fishing. Spend some time trolling for them first to find them then stop, motors off, and cast to them. Utopia

I second that. I like small light spoons with a 5/8 keel weight can be really good. As CD mentioned find them and start casting to them.