A Simple, Effective Silver Salmon Fly - OPST 

Clayton Botkin a good way to occupy your time in the off season, with a cold beer and warm wood stove!

You're welcome!

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+OPSkagit Hello, I'm new to using shank flies and still don't understand how you attach a hook using this mono loop and junction tubing to the back. I'm using to a trailing wire being incorporated into the fly. I also can't find anything on google. Can you create a video showing us how to attach the mono loop onto the rear eye of the shank? Thanks

+OPSkagit Thank you! That makes more sence now... But, I've never heard of rigging like that before, where the line runs outside and along the side of the fly with the line running through the hooks eye and the small mono loop at the end of the fly shank, with junction tubing to the hook... Wouldn't the hooks connection to the fly be more solid if it's actually tied on to the shank of the fly with a wire loop like an intruder fly is, and use "intruder wire" to connect the hook to the shank with the fly tied over it? Silver salmon have some pretty sharp teeth! I would imagine that your mono leader (tippet) running outside on the side of the fly would get "hammered" and freyed after the first fish?!?! Just a suggestion, but wouldn't tying this fly like a standard "intruder" work better, performance and ease of rigging wise? Thanks for the pattern idea, but I think I'll take the "intruder style" route when I tie this fly myself.

Thanks. I would recommend 12-15 pound test. -Ben Paull, GM OPST

Thank you very much, the knowledge you share is invaluable !

Robert macrae This is a prototype OPST tool. I should have mentioned that in the video. We are working on a better one that will be out this summer. It has taken a while to produce but it is going to be awesome.

+Olympic Peninsula Skagit Tactics is this tool available?

i'll try to make it as simple as possible step 1: cast fly straight from your side of the river at the far bank step 2: flick as much of you freshly casted line up stream as you can without lifting the fly out of the water. that is called a mend. step 3: point the rod tip at where you think the fly is as it "swings" across the river. hang on because when a fish takes it it will take it hard step 4: let the fly swing until it is straight down stream of you. step 5: repeat step 1-4 once more, then take two steps down stream (about 4-5 feet) then try again. repeat steps 1-5 until you are either out of sun light or out of river.

Finish the fly, mate.

oh sorry i read wong. my bad! i assume you're asking about that tool at the end? here's a video on those ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z1V9mUufmd8.html you don't need a tool for it either ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J49yCSkkZOA.html