07-19-2013, 03:12 AM
You want to look for places the silvers stack up. My favorite is Logjam Creek right beneath the falls. It's on the road to Coffman Cove. If the water is high you need to find a route out to the shallow water right before the middle of the creek. The first wave of silvers are the trophies. Any streamer will result in about a 50% chance of a hookup per cast if you get there at the right time. I've been there when almost all silvers were in the 15-20 lb range a few years back about August 5th I recall. Reports where that none where in the system the week before.You're going to need someone with a big net to help you land them or most will be off to the races.
They're supposed to be starting a 2 year project to pave the road to Whale Pass. If you aren't having much luck elsewhere see if you can't get up there even if there's some construction delays. Several creeks up there have long runs of silvers. Lower 108 Creek is my favorite. Good to get them on a incoming tide below the road or if high enough above the road. Typically 2 pinks in the creek per silver but about 75% of my hookups are silvers as they are so much more aggressive. I like egg sucking leeches but when they stack up it really doesn't matter one bit. I've used a dozen different streamers and everyone works when you find them piled up. Come to think of it they all work all the time.
I just bring a floating and a sinking line and use both depending on conditions. I use weighted streamers. This really isn't rocket science. Silvers are unbelievable easy to hook. The tough part is landing them when they're big and bright. Plenty of rivers to fish and not that hard to avoid the crowds as long as you don't want to fish the Klawock and Thorne River all day. Did manage a king on the Klawock one trip. I was casting at bright silvers among the pinks from above the little falls/ rippled drop off to below. Pretty easy to direct the fly to individual fish and mostly avoid pinks. I was surprise when one of the brighter fish turned out to be a king. I had lifted him out of the water and my brother-in-law snapped a pic as he told me it was a king. I was exhausted after a 3-4 minute but very strenuous battle and hadn't even realized it was a king yet. I've had 1 other king on a small creek up there as well. If you're lucky enough to hook into a king in fresh water they all must be released. You can target and keep kings in salt with a king salmon permit.
I use 9-12 ft fluorocarbon leader in the 12-16 lb range and skip the tippet altogether. Why do I want to tie that extra knot anyways[
] when I could of had another hookup in those 10 seconds. Where are you staying?
Is this a do it yourself trip? I've attached the pic of the king I unknowingly removed from the river briefly. The steam coming through my hat tells you how hard I fought to land that little guy quickly.
Good Luck.
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They're supposed to be starting a 2 year project to pave the road to Whale Pass. If you aren't having much luck elsewhere see if you can't get up there even if there's some construction delays. Several creeks up there have long runs of silvers. Lower 108 Creek is my favorite. Good to get them on a incoming tide below the road or if high enough above the road. Typically 2 pinks in the creek per silver but about 75% of my hookups are silvers as they are so much more aggressive. I like egg sucking leeches but when they stack up it really doesn't matter one bit. I've used a dozen different streamers and everyone works when you find them piled up. Come to think of it they all work all the time.
I just bring a floating and a sinking line and use both depending on conditions. I use weighted streamers. This really isn't rocket science. Silvers are unbelievable easy to hook. The tough part is landing them when they're big and bright. Plenty of rivers to fish and not that hard to avoid the crowds as long as you don't want to fish the Klawock and Thorne River all day. Did manage a king on the Klawock one trip. I was casting at bright silvers among the pinks from above the little falls/ rippled drop off to below. Pretty easy to direct the fly to individual fish and mostly avoid pinks. I was surprise when one of the brighter fish turned out to be a king. I had lifted him out of the water and my brother-in-law snapped a pic as he told me it was a king. I was exhausted after a 3-4 minute but very strenuous battle and hadn't even realized it was a king yet. I've had 1 other king on a small creek up there as well. If you're lucky enough to hook into a king in fresh water they all must be released. You can target and keep kings in salt with a king salmon permit.
I use 9-12 ft fluorocarbon leader in the 12-16 lb range and skip the tippet altogether. Why do I want to tie that extra knot anyways[
] when I could of had another hookup in those 10 seconds. Where are you staying?Is this a do it yourself trip? I've attached the pic of the king I unknowingly removed from the river briefly. The steam coming through my hat tells you how hard I fought to land that little guy quickly.
Good Luck.
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