Hit the Puyallup this morning with my brother Gerry. Had a great time. It was his first time drift fishing. Spent some time teaching him how to tie up and the fine art of river etiquette. Tried a few different yarn and corkie color combinations in the process (black yarn & white #12 corkie, chartreuse yarn & orange #12 corkie, red yarn & black #12 corkie) and several different leader lengths. The red & black combination was the clear winner.

I picked up a nice 4 lbs hatchery King Jack on the first cast after changing to red. Then my brother hooked a feisty real deal King after we changed him over to red. Got snagged in an unseen obstacle down river after a five minute fight. Try as we might we couldn't get it unstuck. What a let down when the leader finally gave way! Hope the fish got away to fight another day. Either way, we both had fun and are looking forward to getting back out next week.

We were using light tackle, Med-Light rods, Maxima High Visibility 12 lbs main line, Berkley 10 lbs leader (5-6 feet), 1 oz canonball weights, #2 Gamakatsu hooks. Tight lines!