Finally! My first pink on the fly.

[Tangler]

After a couple of years of sporadic attempts (because that is all you get when you have a new child) I finally landed a Pink Salmon on a fly.
The setting was a little more urban than I usually prefer to fish, but that is where the fish were...
If you are in the Nanaimo area and are so inclined, check out tomorrow's Nanaimo Daily News as I may be in there.
Tangler.

[Allure]

Congrats! I got my first beach cuttie last week, so I can relate!

[treblig]

Good for you . Its nice to have easy access in the bay . Its hard to cast a fly some times as people just do not understand that fly fishing people back cast can travel over fifty feet . Once I hook this fellows dog as he walked behind me . Now for you to get your second fish .

treblig

[Tangler]

Thanks guys.
I have yet to catch a cuttie on a beach (but I haven't really targeted them).
Just finished eating the second pink...

[Troutman Clay]

Congrats, i just got back from cluxewe and landed my first and 100th pink all in the same trip and I still got the same joy out of the 100th that I got out of the first. I also got my first coho, if you havent yet put them on your list, my god are they fun.

Clayton

[Allure]

Good for you! Was thinking of heading up there for a day next week. Sounds promising!

[Troutman Clay]

Send me a Pm Allure and I'll tell you about my secret fishing hole

[BCBound]

Congrats man,

I'm in the same boat. ( or the boat you previously occupied ) I've yet to land a pink on the fly, but will be heading over to Nanaimo this weekend, hopefully to get up nice and early on Saturday and take a crack at it with my brother-in-law.

Not sure where we're going to be heading, I'll leave that up to him, but it should be a good time either way. If you want to share any tips I'm all ears

[bronjuan]

Congrats man,

I'm in the same boat. ( or the boat you previously occupied ) I've yet to land a pink on the fly, but will be heading over to Nanaimo this weekend, hopefully to get up nice and early on Saturday and take a crack at it with my brother-in-law.

Not sure where we're going to be heading, I'll leave that up to him, but it should be a good time either way. If you want to share any tips I'm all ears

I'd probably plan my day based on the tides rather than just waking up early! Sometimes it's just better to sleep in...

[Tangler]

Well, BCBound, if I had any sense of expertise I would give you some tips, but I'm not convinced it wasn't mostly luck. But here is what I did...
About 9 ft of 2x fluoro tippet and 9ft of clear intermediate polytip on a floating line. I cast it towards where the fish were showing and retrieved at an intermediate speed, in six inch pulls. The first fly didn't produce any results so I changed it and got some hook ups (pink shrimp pattern). Don't horse the fish in and try and avoid the seals...
I tried downtown this morning and didn't have much luck even though lots of fish were showing. There was also lots of mud showing, which was unpleasant...
Good luck