Tips in fishing for salmons in Alaska Alaska is known as one of the most bountiful areas with salmon, and is ideal for fishing trips. This is because of extreme tides along the West Coast and the gush of ocean currents that create an environment ideal for the breeding of thousands of baitfish. It is also known as one of the best places to go if one wants to fish for giant King Salmon,...

Salmon Fishing General salmon information and fishing tips: 1. Generally, the best times of the day are during the times when there is low light and so too, on cloudy days. On bright and sunny days, salmon will usually collect and assemble deep in the holes. 2. Take note that salmon do not feed while in the river. When they do strike, it is a behavior that is learned. Salmons are...

The Importance of Fly Lines

Brett Fogle

Why are fly lines so important? Just like with fly rods and fly reels, fly lines need to match up with the types of fly fishing that you do. This match should be made precisely, too. Thus, if you have a 5 weight fly rod and a 5 weight fly reel, and it extremely important to make sure you have a 5 weight fly line. By not having a properly "balanced" fly rod outfit (which is where the fly rod, fly reel and fly line match in weight), the angler is very likely to have extreme difficulty in casting.
For example, using too light of a fly line for a particular fly rod will present severe casting challenges. Remember, in fly fishing, the weight of the fly line - not the fly itself - is what allows the angler to cast. The fly rod, as it is essential to casting, will not properly cast the wrong weight fly line. Thus, where the fly rod is "heavier" than the fly line, the fly rod will never be fully loaded (will not bend properly), since the weight of the fly line is not enough to properly bend the rod during the cast. Likewise, should the fly line be heavier than the fly rod, the fly rod will bend excessively during the cast, making line control an iffy proposition at best.
In essence, if you forget everything you just read on fly lines, please try to remember this very simple thing. Make sure your fly line weight matches precisely the weight of the fly rod you are using as well as the weight of the fly reel you are using. In an ideal world, you want to always go by this formula : Fly Line Weight = Fly Rod Weight = Fly Reel Weight
Fly Line Codes
Now, let's move on to how to decipher the various codes that are found on fly line boxes around the world. Any angler who has looked for fly lines undoubtedly knows that lots of abbreviations and codes are used to identify the fly line. So, here's some examples of how to identify fly lines when looking at them in the store.
* DT-4-F : This code means that the fly line is a double taper fly line, with a weight of 4, and floats * WF-5-F : This code means that the fly line is a weight-forward taper fly line, with a weight of 5, and floats. * WF-10-S : This code means that the fly line is a weight-forward taper fly line, with a weight of 10, and is a sinking line. How fast the line sinks (it's sink rate) will be listed on the box. * DT-7-F/S - This code means that the fly line is a double taper fly line, with a weight of 7, and is a sink-tip fly line. The sink rate of the fly line, as well as how much of the line actually sinks, will be listed on the box. * L-5-I : This code means that the fly line is a level taper fly line, with a weight of 5, and is an intermediate sinking line. The sink rate of the fly line will be listed on the box. * ST-6-F : This code means that the fly line is a shooting taper fly line, with a weight of 6, and floats.
Well, that's about it for fly lines, if you need fly line for your new fly rod.
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Where to fish for salmon or the Chinook or the king salmon. The pacific salmon range from California to Alaska. These anadromous species can be found in most pacific coastal waters, streams and rivers that have a good flow of water and temperature as well as a suitable habitat for going up to spawn. You will find that they may be as many as three spawns per year, spring ,summer, fall. The average size of the Chinook can be from 16 to 20 lb. but you will see larger fish up to 55 lb. taken from the remote areas along the pacific coast .From BC Alaska you can catch the largest or the Chinook....

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