Available Fishing Guide:
Website: Darrell & Dads Family Guide Service
This was my first effort at drift fishing and my first attempt at catching pinks. I had just began fishing in the beginning of the summer when my kid asked me to teach them. I didn't know how to fish and never learned so I've been doing a fishing boot camp all summer!
We got to the river about 30 minutes before daybreak and used a common drift fishing setup with sliding pencil weight. I used some Aerodrifter lures I had bought at Wal-Mart. They're basicalliy a corky and yarn combo.
Shortly after the start time began, I already had a fish on and landed a nice hen! The fight wasn't so much but I fell in love with watching how the pink kept launching itself out of the water and thrashing around. The biggest part of the fight was when the fish got about a couple feet from me and then it was all about keeping tension on the line!
My friends and I kept at it for another four hours and I landed 5 and kept 3. I let 2 go because my friend was looking for hens only. He caught 4 and my other friend caught 4 as well. It was a great morning on the Puyallup.
The only disconcerting thing about it was that the river began to get really full about 8am. A group of anglers placed themselve directly across the river from us and had no regard for rhythm or courtesy. A couple of times they crossed lines with other anglers on our side and we had to stop fishing while we waited for the anglers to sort 'em out.
Available Fishing Guide:
Website: Darrell & Dads Family Guide Service