hi, im going to try spinning for salmon on my local river as the fly has brought me nothing. iv got a few flying c's, rapalas and spoons. what is the best way for me to attack the salmon with these lures. any other tips would be much appreciated as the salmon are driving me mad.

cheers

gerry

personally i would use the black flying-c its a game of luck chuck and chance

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Stick at the Fly mate ............

Tonight was only my third salmon fishing trip out and i lost two salmon on the fly

Only a matter of time till i bag one .........

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I had a fish on with a bright yellow flying C the other evening on the Tavy. I lost it though That was an upstream cast and retrieve back through a pocket after sweeping downstream all night with various things.

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Use braid, fish upstream, hold the rod tip high and keep your flying c bouncing along the bottom you heathen.

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Is that how you do it? 'twas the first time for me... oddly enough fishing down and across produced nothing then the first cast upstream was into a fish. I use braid with a mono tip - I suspect the tip needed to be a a bit tougher when I lost 2 flying Cs

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From that statement alone you can tell that Humungus does not do a lot of spinning.

To be successful at spinning will take a number of years, as with any of the methods we anglers use to try and catch a fish.

Best method for the spoons and Rapalas is generally to cast across and let the current pull them round,
Same method can be used for the Cs also but I prefer to use them in the upstream method.
No matter how fast you retrieve a spinner, you will not be able to do it faster than a fish can swim. So don't be afraid to mix it up.
Be sure to cover all the water from a variety of directions, as one direction may well produce a response from a fish which has previously ignored your offering. You also need to vary the speed of retrieve.

Best of luck learning this method.

i recently spent some time on the Tweed with some experienced salmon fishermen. I was told to fish a flying c upstream, a rapala across, and a toby down and across...

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thanks for all the replies. I just bout a new spinning setup today(for winter pike) but thought I may aswell give te salmon a go while I still can. il let everyone know how I got on tomoro night


gerry

i do plenty spinning and i get a few fish only my preferance biggest this year 14lb7oz black flying c my favourite and only £1-50p better than losing a rapala at £10-00p

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