Equipment
and flies
Rainbow Trout , Dolly
Varden, King Salmon, Coho Salmon and Grayling –
Rods: 9 to 9 1⁄2 foot
models, in 6 wt and 7 wt size range. For king salmon, 9 or 10
wt rods are best. Favorites include Winston Bllx, Sage Z-Axis,
and The Fly Shop H2O rods
Reels: Ross Vexsis and Cimmaron, Sage 4500 Series, Galvan Torque,
and The Fly Shop’s S4La reels
Lines: Rio Gold Floater,
Rio 15’ Density Compensated Type 3 Sinking Tip. For king
salmon, consider a Rio 24’ Density Compensated 250 grain
line
Leaders: 7 1⁄2’
tapered leaders of choice, tapering to 0X and 2X, with tippet
spools to match. Some anglers/guides prefer to use 4-6 feet of
Maxima Chameleon tippet in lieu of a tapered leader – if
this is you, bring spools of 6, 8, 10, 12 and 15 pound material
Trout Flies:
Streamers
- TFS King Smolt #2
- Lanier’s Streamer #4
- Bandit Leech #4
- Egg-Sucking Rag Sculpin #4
- Sheila Sculpin #4
- Mercer’s Poxyegg Leech #4,
- Mini Carcass #8
- Candy Cane #4
- S.O. Moal Rhoid #6
- Morrish Medusa #2
Mouse Patterns
- Mr Hanky #4
- Mercer Lemming #6
- Morrish Mouse #4
Egg Patterns
- Clown Egg #8
- Surreal Egg, pink lady #12
- Boles Bazookas
- STH orange #8
- Otter’s Milky Eggs apricot opaque #12
Dolly Varden Flies:
- Polar Shrimp #6, same egg patterns as listed for trout
Grayling Flies:
- Elk Hair Caddis #14
- Adams Parachute #12-16
- GB Prince Nymph #14,
- same egg patterns as listed for trout
Coho Salmon Flies:
- Foam Top Wog #2
- Egg Sucking Bunny Leech, purple #2
King Salmon Flies:
- King Caviar #1/0
- S.O. Fat Freddie, orange/salmon #1
- Hareball Leeech, orange/chartreuse #1/0
- Pink/Purple Egg-Sucking Sleech #2

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