Salters

[scruffy_fish]

With the promise of temps in the 50's, the fair weather fisherman in me is starting to appear. I'm thinking about wetting a line this weekend for some salters. Does anyone have a pattern they might be willing to share?
I haven't fished for them before with any great success. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks,

[scruffy_fish]

Wow, Salters are either a close held secret or there are not many out there that fish them? Then again, it may have been a question that had an obvious answer. :confused:
Anyway, I'll post a follow up if I don't get rained out tomorrow. (A fair weather fishernman, you know.) I think I'll use use some early spring stone fly patterns and maybe a scud? :brow

[detra]

Hey Scruffy_fish,

I've never fished for them but I believe there are a few runs of salters on the cape. Been wanting to give it a try, but haven't gotten around to it yet. A trip report would be appreciated.

good luck,

detra

[Jacob K.]

check this out
http://www.tutv.org/2000_shows/red_brook.html

[striperboyz]

two words when in doubt about trout, Wooly Bugger! --127-3-

[Punchshot]

Scruffy, I went last week down to Scorton Creek - not too much going on, may have been just a bit cold

[Slamdance]

Salters are sea-run brook trout. I've never heard of any in Scortons in recent times. There are plenty of brown trout in Scortons but they are not salters and many of the browns in scorton are not really sea-runs either. They stock it pretty heavily with browns (not the sea-run variety any more) and some may venture into the ocean, but most don't from what i can tell. There are not many rivers left that support salters and those that do are guarded pretty closely, so you probably won't get too many people who know about them to talk about it.

[Punchshot]

Slam, ya we were looking for Browns, but mainly just wanted to get the line wet and do some exploring in the yaks - no sign of life

[PeteV]

scuds, small shrimp, muddler minnow, wooly bugger (olive, brown, black), hare's ear nymph, zug bug strikes are few and far between. its mostly about getting outside and enjoying the chance to go fishing & every now and then you actually see a fish.

[bluefishercat]

I have those days in the summertime. :brow

[scruffy_fish]

Thanks for all the feed back guys, Dosen't look to promising, weather wise, at the moment. I'll let you know if I do go.
I stand corrected about the word Salters, guess I'm targeting sea run browns an/or rainbows (Steelhead?). That should open up some more discusssion? :brow

[calebsb]

If you go to ptangler.com and look at their catalog (it's short) you'll see a fly called the Jim Dandy, which is popularly known as the Snot Dart. This was tied by Jim Kerr of Port Townsend, Wa for searun cutthroats, but turned out to be an almost universal searun and salmon fly. I used it in Newfoundland and it is now used by a different name in Ireland. I usually tie it in size 8 for most trout and with an orange dub collar rather than the red. What you can't see in the picture is that there is a layer of tinsel under the bronze floss to keep the color bright when the fly is wet. I also like to weigh it down with some wire underneath all that. I have never chased searuns in New Engaland before but I hear the Mystic river has a respectable run. By the way you can catch everything from reds to specks on the same fly in Florida, and it's a hell of a shad fly