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Name: Jim Occupation: Design Mgr. Home: North Seattle Years fishing: 50 Kokanee fishing: 3 Lakes: Stevens, Sammamish, Washington Streams: Skykomish, Yakima, Klickitat, Skagit Method: Trolling for salmon and Koks, Fly fishing for trout and steelhead Boat: Parker 1801 CC Spent many years...

I almost always used fly rods and reels for my kokanee fishing. I put 7/8 wt reels on 4/5wt rods. I use the bigger reels for the larger spool dia. I load them with backing then go to 12 lb. Power Pro. To that I add 100 feet of Maxima ultra green. When the mono is all in the water I know I'm...

"turkey day" November 1950.... How appropriate!

I wonder if one can buy the material in tubes? it looks just like silicone caulk. It would be fun to "create your own".

BSD>>>>thanks much for the link. this stuff looks incredible. I'm just getting into painting and have an order coming from Hagen's. I will definitely order some of this for a base coat. Do you put it over white primer? Thanks K

There are several tube fly vise adaptors on the market. They come with a set of pins that match the ID of various tube sizes. Chances are that your local fly shop has this one or something like it. They work very well. They will also (most likely) have an assortment of tubes as well. To use...

The censor department grabbed the name of the company as you can see....the pronunciation is "Yama shee ta". Hopefully this will get through. K

Most all of the best hoochies at Silver Horde (Gold Star) come from Yama****a. They are in Japan. Pogue is correct it is a great little shop. They do much custom painting on spoons and dodgers there as well. There is a relatively new micro series...1.5 inches long, slender with no eye, but...

Sawtooth, As a fellow fly tier....I like them. I have been playing with some small tubes at the vise that resemble mini hoochies. What are you using for the head? Are you turning some beads into the cone shape or using hot melt? Or......? Nice work, thanks for sharing. K

I'm interested in the pnk and orange hootchies as well. Kid, mind letting us know how you dyed them? thanks in advance, K

Very nice! Where are you getting you're mylar tape? thanks K

I usually rely on the "off the shelf" scent mixes. the best the last couple of years has been pro cure kokanee special....dick nite (dna) koke blend has been good as well. gulp scents are now available in large spray bottles and i'm going to try some of that on corn this season. I haven't...

Pogue, I purchased some of the pearl paints from Createx but haven't used them as of yet. With that said they look great in the jar. I have a question for you painters. I have and old Pasche air brush that was my grandfathers. The air volume control is adjusted by a screw style stop that...

Pogue, Nice work. I especially like the pink one with the glow eye. Is there UV in that finish? There is a discussion of "dead" lures in the "red" thread in the general discussion forum. I have read of some folks having success fishing a "dead" lure about 18" behind wee tads. Might want to...

This is an interesting discussion. I tend to agree with the theory that it is the lake (and/or the fish in it) that may make the difference My go to WR is 50/50 red/orange from mid May to mid July.....then it is time to chase bigger salmonids! K

Pogue, Thanks for the tips. It is acylic base paint. I'm not proud enough of them to do any posting quite yet. I plan to get a regulator and filter for my compressor and see how that works. I too fish much in the salt.... usually launching at Shilshole, but do occassionally launch out of...

Thanks Pogue. I played around with some transparent Createx colors on spinner blades and dodger blanks yesterday with some success. I put the trans color on the bare metal after a light rub down with 600 grit and acetone. They look great but the coating is quite fragile. I followed the...

Pogue....nice job on the paint. I just dug an old Pasche air brush out of moth balls and order some createx paint, etc. I'm looking forward to playing around with it. I may need some pointers if you don't mind. I'm relatively new to the site so "hi all". I have experimented with wee tads with...

As mentioned prior, I like the smile blades and soft glow beads as well. The bobber stop idea works well and allows you to set the hoochie where you want it relative to the hooks. A very cheap bobber stop is nothing more than the smallest of rubber bands. You can make these by using a razor...

SD, Thanks.....now I'm excited and I'm sure my wife can sense the credit card coming out of my wallet.