S & M

[wiperhunter2]

Thanks for the report, we don't get many from S&M. Sounds like a good day, even though you got there late. So your son caught the kokes on a fly?

No, Thomas Buoyant in Brown Trout pattern.  
 The bugs the trout were surfacing for were fairly large and very dark in color but I could not get close because I was on shore.

OK, I had never heard of a thomas buoyant lure, so I was thinking it was some kind of streamer fly. Is this what your son was using?



Yes, that is the one. It is one of our "go to" lures and is responsible for my PB 26" Cutty at the Berry.  He had tried a dodger and squid, couple of colors, small Rapala but the Buoyant worked.  He caught the kokes trolling and the bows on the cast.  I caught my bows casting same lure from shore after he told me what to put on, and it worked.  

Buoyant - (thomaslures.com)

At that link, it says, "It is important to use a moderately slow retrieve or troll speed for the Buoyant to achieve its most effective action." What would you guess is the moderate slow retrieval speed they are talking about? I'm guessing it's less than one MPH but what do you think?