Looks like your having a great season reaper. is the sockeye a slang name for salmon of something different. By cool to see what lures your tempting them with. I would think they'd go hard in that skinny water!?

that is the actual type of fish that is  and that was by far not the piece of water he was caught in  it was further to the right  where you cant see  in  knee to thigh high water

but looking directlly behind me in that picture  is where we walk across to get there and that isnt the shallowest of water either  gets waist deep in spots

as for the lures well  you prolly wont believe this but here it goes and  trust me i can prove it

i use an 80lb braided main line  just because  and a  small chunk of fishing lead for wight from that i have a swivel attached and to that i have up to 7 feet of 25lb mono to wich  i have a  3ott barbless hook and a small bit of colored wool up where the hook gets tied to the line  the wool is usually green in color

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this is kinda how it looks except the lead is abouve the swivel  and attached to the braided line not hanging free  and where the beads are abouve the hook  it should be wool

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looking for a real pic of what we always use :)

this is very close

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its hard to find a pic cause we do it just a slight bit different to avoid snags and line twisting

Now you been on our site for sometime, what do you think of our type of fishing here

Its great to have photos from the other side of the world

id love to go fishing down there  first thing id do is forget what i know here  cause down there it is totally different  soon ima gonna start asking you guys questions

but i didnt wanna seem like a dork cause i didnt understand the lingo :P

Or PM me if you like

i thinking i fitting in very well by now i have ta sit and think about some things that are said  but i eventually either figure them out or ask my buddy on messenger

but  i shall let you know if i need a hand

its kinda like me trying to explain how we fish here  it looks like greek to you im sure but we can tie these  up in our sleep and with little or no light

Hey Reaper

Nice stuff on the Sockeye....I did a bit of salmon fishing last yeear in Vancouver and we got a few Coho and a nice Chinook.....Coho were great to eat.

Certainly fishing in Australia is MUCH different to over there in Seal Clubber land.......we got in trouble from the guide for striking and pumping the fish to the point where the guide was actually muscling us out of the wa to take the strike, set the hooks and then hand the rod to us.........apparently you need  much more gentle approach with Salmon ......we said stuff that and suggeested he park himself in the drivers seat and leave the fishing to us, we would rather loose a fish than have the guide do all the work for us.....and continued to use the West Aussie style and had a heap of fun....the guide eventually got it and was actually a top fella once he reaslised we had fished a bit....he indicated he normally just had fat seppos on the boat who had no idea.........you will probably have to look up the slang meaning of Seppo.......spetic tank........yank.....

Anyhow, keep the photos coming, great to see.  

tell ya mate you  come see me in my home town  round  october  and plan for  at least 3 weeks and i will show you the best most amazing fishing you have ever seen i took a guy this year that barelly new the basics taught him and near the end he was out fishing me  but i was still landing and keeping more than he was :P