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AndyK
10-05-2005, 05:22 PM
I had a fair day on a local river today. Caught two very bright coho, both female hatchery fish.
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/coho3.jpg
First fish was only 25 inches; she took a purple shrimp, same fly tied by CWH for the Coho fly exchange.
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/coho4.jpg
Second Coho was 30 ½ inches; she took a Flame Orange Egg pattern.
Frankenfish was with me. We tried very hard to get him a Coho today, but he had to be satisfied with a half pounder steelhead.
clacksteel
10-05-2005, 05:26 PM
Nice looking fish! Of course what else should we expect from Andy? :smash:
lilnorthfork
10-05-2005, 05:26 PM
Nice fish Andy. :cheers:
lnf
LunkerFish
10-05-2005, 06:31 PM
Nice fish Andy :applause: I might have to play hookie from school next week.... :sick: :grin:
frankenfish
10-05-2005, 06:36 PM
I saw it with my own eyes. Both times my fish grabbed Andy's fly. Go figure.
steelymann
10-06-2005, 11:37 AM
Beautiful fish Andy. Hope to get of that tonight. Might head down to your neck of the woods this weekend. Like the chromage.
~steelymann~
steel_beaver
10-06-2005, 12:37 PM
you are a bad man.... your going to make me drive 180 miles to get me one of those :wave:
good job!!!
S_B
steelymann
10-06-2005, 09:58 PM
Should have had a couple entrants for the coho comp today but the wife to the camera to New Mexico and I didn't want to bonk a buck I wouldn't eat. Got one female that matched Andy's 30.5 inches and a buck that was at least 16 probably pushing 17 lbs. He was a little darker than I like though. The hen was bursting with eggs and cut pretty nice considering how mature the eggs were. You know the place Andy and I was ALL BY MYSELF. Went 3 for 9 in 2 hours.
~steelymann~
Navigator
10-07-2005, 10:35 PM
Way to go! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
AndyK
10-11-2005, 03:27 PM
Instead of starting a new string, I thought I would post my latest catch here.
I hooked and landed three Coho today (Tuesday): two adults and a jack.
First fish was a 28 ½ female hatchery fish.
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/coho6.jpg
She took a variant of Steelymann's Black Widow.
Second fish was a 34 ½ male hatchery fish. I released him since I had already tagged the first fish (I don't need that much fish!). He took a Purple Angel fished on a greased line presentation (combination of drift and swing). Fly was unweighted.
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/coho7.jpg
Last fish (the jack) also took the Black Widow variant.
fishnfun
10-11-2005, 03:35 PM
That second fish is a football, its just about as much around as it is long. I would have loved to catch that thing
LunkerFish
10-11-2005, 04:49 PM
Fantastic! Nice looking fish:smash: :bowdown: and good to here of more success. :applause:
Special K
10-11-2005, 06:17 PM
Man - it must be nice to be retired.... today I caught hell from my boss, crap from my peers and **it from everyone else! Ha. Great fish old man. :jester:
frankenfish
10-11-2005, 10:07 PM
Way to go, Andy! Tomorrow is my day!
steelymann
10-12-2005, 08:50 AM
Nice fish NAdy. Glad to see that fly work.
Awesome Fish guys! Keep the pics coming. I still haven't gotten out after Coho. Too busy getting ready for my elk hunt.
AndyK
10-12-2005, 03:23 PM
Well, it was Coho Wednesday again (this time 12 Oct).
Lunkerfish landed a 28 inch native fish.
http://karamanos.us/Fishing/lance1b.jpg
I also landed a few Coho, but none big enough for the Coho competiton.
We left Frankenfish on the river. We'll let him report what he caught.
Navigator
10-15-2005, 02:51 PM
Great looking fish - 34" will be tough to beat!
Thanks for the PM's w/ tips Andy.
I will post how I do tomorrow.
That "greased line" presentation - I did try that with the same fly on Sunday (10/9), but just managed to find the line left behind in the river from the day before. Unfortunately, that line was stronger than my tippet - by, by purple angel. I will need to tie up a few.
Glad I cleaned up the hole for you :grin:!