Salmon Fly Fishing Strategies and Tips

Salmon will not be feeding when they are in a river butcooler water will have more. Being in their ideal water
they will strike anyway as this is their nature. Buttemperature will cause them to fight harder but they
watch out when they are in a lake as they will be verywill be easier to find. So choose your water
aggressive and predatory. This behavior can betemperature wisely to hit just the right note between
challenging to fishermen but exciting also.too hot and too cool.
Choose carefully the time of day you are fly fishing forKnowing when and where to fly fish for salmon can
salmon. Bright, sunny days will cause them to hide inbe tricky because the salmon will be swimming up and
deep holes and make them more difficult to catch. Ondown following the pattern of day brightness and
low light or cloudy days they will be much easier towater temperature. So being patient is a big
catch as this is their preferred weather.requirement of a successful fisherman. Sometimes the
A smart fisherman will make a water temperatureweather will be windy and you will have to cast far out
chart to follow patterns of the salmon. This can takebecause you will be casting into the wind. When the
several years to make accurate but once you have itweather conditions change you have to change with
you will be ahead of the game. Get a thermometer tothem if you want to catch your salmon.
check the temperatures at different times of the day.When you are fishing the deep holes your line can
Always put the thermometer in the same depth andeasily get snagged on debris, rocks, and foliage. You
place each time. Start keeping a notebook with you sowill probably end up losing a lot of flies so make sure
you can record the temperatures and update it asyou have plenty, but it will be worth it when you take
often as possible. Eventually you will know the bestthat big catch home.
times to fish in your favorite spots.For adventure, excitement, and sometimes the fight of
Salmon like the cooler water best and as the wateryour life, try salmon fly fishing for the satisfaction of
heats up they will go deeper. They need oxygen andtesting your skills against fish and nature.