Ocean Coho on a fly?

[Tinman]

I am thinking of trying for Coho in the ocean on a fly. I have a #6 outfit with a single-action reel, click drag, and a line with 30' of sinking tip. Is this feasible for 10# Coho? I was thinking of a level 6 foot, 8# leader and a flashy streamer. My 22' dory has plenty of flat deck space for stripping line in. Any advice?

[D3smartie]

a 6wt will have you undergunned especially with no drag but it would be fun. Fish tide rips around bait or troll(bucktail) until you locate fish. When i fish coho in the ocean i use a pink/white or chartruese/white clouser or just a flashy baitfish. poppers can also be a lot of fun.
I would go with 15# or heavier leader. The ocean fish are not leader shy and i have caught them on up to 40# floro.

[Otolith]

I would take a cue from the tropical saltwater fly guys (think Flip Pallete doing billfish). Use a big spread of flashers to tease a school behind the boat, maybe even throw a herring w/o a hook out there to pull one or more in close, then jerk it out of the way and toss your streamer in its place.

[Tinman]

Thanks Otolith, that is good advice. Several times I have had Coho follow their hooked (on gear) schoolmates right to the boat.

I'm thinking about using a 10 or 15# leader too, instead of 8.

[Tinman]

Ocean Coho is very slow so far this year. Yesterday I trolled gear all morning for single keeper. Most of the dory fleet had similar luck. Fly fishing doesn't make much sense when they are this scarce. Let's hope things improve