A life long dream came true this summer.
A had booked a week of Atlantic salmon fishing in early July with Eureka Outdoors in Newfoundland. As you properly know Newfoundland suffered from cold and dry weather in May and June resulting in a late and some places modest run of salmon. Still Bill Bryden of Eureka Outdoors was able to put me on the spot which did not disappoint me. It was on Harry’s River in western Newfoundland. Here I experienced some great time dry fly fishing for salmon.
Being in “Old Lee Wulff Country” and not able to get the salmon interested in Bombers what was more natural than putting on a White Wulff. I did and things happened. All beginnings are difficult and being used to wet fly fishing for salmon and being aware of not striking or at least not striking too early it was a bit hard to strike immediately. Well we learn as long as we live.
Fishing after salmon you can actually see only 8 -10 meters away is a thrill. When a 20 lbs salmon moves up through the water to inspect your fly for at the last moment to resist it, your heart start beating harder and the adrenalin starts pumping. Luckily for us the salmon sometimes take the fly and then the party begins, unfortunately for me it had only lasted for a few seconds…but one day!
I had more luck with the grilse and got some great fights with a lot of air acrobatic. These newly run sea liced silver torpedoes really put up tuff resistance.
Fly fishing for Atlantic salmon has been a passion for me for years. Now it has only developed into a new era. For my part dry fly fishing for Atlantic salmon has come to stay.
Here is the pattern of my version of the White Wulff.
Hook: Single salmon size 6 - 10
Thread: White
Tail: Polar bear body hair
Body: Polar bear under fur
Wing: Polar bear body hair
Hackle: Badger, white or grizzle cock saddle.
Head: White
This week’s typing tip is in response to a question by Hatches reader, Nick S. from Boise, ID. Nick wanted to know if we had any suggestions for a small, lightweight fly tying vise to use streamside, or on backcountry fly-in/ hike-in fly fishing trips.
GLOBE PEQUOT ( THE LYONS PRESS, FALCON), November 1997
Binding Type: Hardcover
Retail Price: $16.95 at the Hatches Store
ISBN: 1-55821-067-9
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