It was a pleasure meeting you at Marrowstone yesterday. Thank you for all your videos, which enabled my trip for sea run cutthroat and coho fly fishing. You are an excellent instructor, Sensei. Forever grateful!
Tim, thank you for all your videos. I’m especially appreciative that you are not afraid to show where you fish, gear, flies, tide etc. You are a wealth of information, a gentleman, and I love your dedication to chasing the elusive sea run cutt. I’m frequently in Puget Sound visiting. I’ll have to give it a try. I’ve been following your videos for quite some time, Thanks again mate and keep posting.
I want to make clear that I quickly dispatched both the fish I took home. I just don’t show that on the video. So please, no comments about animal cruelty
Great video Timothy (Tim?), I’ve fished both point Wilson and Marrowstone in the past but that was 40+ years ago and with spinning or bait casting gear. Am headed up in mid August this year to try for humpies (pinks) and silvers (coho). Was thinking of using a fast sinking shooting tip but see that you had success with an intermediate sinker, also wondering about leader length and tippet size, any recommendations? Have you tried two flies like say a clouser on front and an articulated behind it about 24”?
Mid August should be a pretty good time for silvers. There won't be any pinks this year, though, because it's an even-numbered year. I routinely use a 9ft leader, I would suggest something in the range of 12-15lb at the tippet end. If you use a tapered leader, go with a size 1 or 0. If you use a fast-sinking tip, you might risk putting your fly below the feeding fish. The bait schools are often just under the surface to mid-water. I've never fished two flies. I don't even know if it's legal because the regs are so hard to decipher!
Fantastic content thank you so much. I grew up on that island caught a king off the same beach 32 pounds. Not sure if the king run is good anymore. This was back in 74.
Another great video! Thank you for sharing. You’ve inspired me to get out, first to target searun cutthroat (with great success) and then to try poppers, also high excitement factor even with less hookups, and the migratory coho, the first of which I encountered last week fishing a popper for cutties! Since then I’ve got into a number of fiesty coho. I can’t wait to get out again but it will need to be next week as we are traveling from the Canadian gulf islands via Victoria and Port Angeles tomorrow to Port Townsend and then Whidby Island the folk night. I bet I’m in your backyard (or beachfront). Anyway, thanks for the posts. Keep them coming! Barry
I'm pleased you're enjoying the poppers. Excitement factor indeed! Stay tuned for a video I'm working on about a very unusual topwater fly that drives those cutties crazy. Port Townsend is about a 40 minute drive away from us, and it is one of my favorite places to visit. Likewise Whidbey.
I find around low tide to be most productve, too, especially if it’s early morning. I cast as far as I can. On a good day that’s about 80ft + leader length. However, most of my hook-ups tend to be closer in to shore, say 30 - 40 ft. It is very challenging to get a solid hookup at range!
Great video Timothy (Tim?), I’ve fished both point Wilson and Marrowstone in the past but that was 40+ years ago and with spinning or bait casting gear. Am headed up in mid August this year to try for humpies (pinks) and silvers (coho). Was thinking of busying a fast dinking shooting tip but see that you had success with an intermediate sinker, also wondering about leader length and tippet size, any recommendations? Have you tried two flies like say a clouât on front and an articulated behind it about 24”?
Enjoying the videos. Thanks again
It's been awesome fishing around here this year! I was just to your right in the latter half of the video when the canoes came in!
It was a pleasure meeting you at Marrowstone yesterday. Thank you for all your videos, which enabled my trip for sea run cutthroat and coho fly fishing. You are an excellent instructor, Sensei. Forever grateful!
I enjoyed meeting you, too Carl. It made up for the total absence of coho!
Tim, thank you for all your videos. I’m especially appreciative that you are not afraid to show where you fish, gear, flies, tide etc. You are a wealth of information, a gentleman, and I love your dedication to chasing the elusive sea run cutt. I’m frequently in Puget Sound visiting. I’ll have to give it a try. I’ve been following your videos for quite some time, Thanks again mate and keep posting.
Thanks for your kind words. If you should see a left-handed Brit casting (poorly) from the beach, please come and say Hi.
I want to make clear that I quickly dispatched both the fish I took home. I just don’t show that on the video. So please, no comments about animal cruelty
What above that poor Clouser minnow you used for bait?
Great video Timothy (Tim?), I’ve fished both point Wilson and Marrowstone in the past but that was 40+ years ago and with spinning or bait casting gear. Am headed up in mid August this year to try for humpies (pinks) and silvers (coho). Was thinking of using a fast sinking shooting tip but see that you had success with an intermediate sinker, also wondering about leader length and tippet size, any recommendations? Have you tried two flies like say a clouser on front and an articulated behind it about 24”?
Mid August should be a pretty good time for silvers. There won't be any pinks this year, though, because it's an even-numbered year. I routinely use a 9ft leader, I would suggest something in the range of 12-15lb at the tippet end. If you use a tapered leader, go with a size 1 or 0. If you use a fast-sinking tip, you might risk putting your fly below the feeding fish. The bait schools are often just under the surface to mid-water. I've never fished two flies. I don't even know if it's legal because the regs are so hard to decipher!
Thanks for the video. Heading there tomorrow!!!! Let's gooooooo!!!!
Good luck!
@@timothybird7008 Appreciate it!! I've wanted to go to this one before. Looks so solid!!!!
Fantastic content thank you so much. I grew up on that island caught a king off the same beach 32 pounds. Not sure if the king run is good anymore. This was back in 74.
@@425bigfoot7 Wow, that must have been quite an experience!
Great video! I wish I could do the same in our Great Lakes surf.
Another great video! Thank you for sharing. You’ve inspired me to get out, first to target searun cutthroat (with great success) and then to try poppers, also high excitement factor even with less hookups, and the migratory coho, the first of which I encountered last week fishing a popper for cutties! Since then I’ve got into a number of fiesty coho. I can’t wait to get out again but it will need to be next week as we are traveling from the Canadian gulf islands via Victoria and Port Angeles tomorrow to Port Townsend and then Whidby Island the folk night. I bet I’m in your backyard (or beachfront).
Anyway, thanks for the posts. Keep them coming! Barry
I'm pleased you're enjoying the poppers. Excitement factor indeed! Stay tuned for a video I'm working on about a very unusual topwater fly that drives those cutties crazy. Port Townsend is about a 40 minute drive away from us, and it is one of my favorite places to visit. Likewise Whidbey.
I find around low tide to be most productve, too, especially if it’s early morning. I cast as far as I can. On a good day that’s about 80ft + leader length. However, most of my hook-ups tend to be closer in to shore, say 30 - 40 ft. It is very challenging to get a solid hookup at range!
great video, thank you. Do you think any of your fish are migratory or just residents?
The migratory fish don’t usually start to return until well into August/September, so I’m assuming these are all residents.
Nice. Have been trying but have not gotten out early enough.
Fun stuff...would be more fun if I could figure out how to double haul.
Great video Timothy (Tim?), I’ve fished both point Wilson and Marrowstone in the past but that was 40+ years ago and with spinning or bait casting gear. Am headed up in mid August this year to try for humpies (pinks) and silvers (coho). Was thinking of busying a fast dinking shooting tip but see that you had success with an intermediate sinker, also wondering about leader length and tippet size, any recommendations? Have you tried two flies like say a clouât on front and an articulated behind it about 24”?