Dry fly for salmon

[pete85]

Pete any idea where I'd buy a couple of bombers to try out? I'm on a mission now!

Klink pm me your address and I'll send you a couple, ill tie a few up over the next week...

[potbelly pig]

Some interesting replies to this thread, I'm nearly 100% convinced bombers will work here, I can see no reason why they won't, in over 20 years salmon fishing I've never seen or heard of anyone fishing a bomber here... And After getting a small taste of bomber fishing in Canada last week, I'm definitely gonna give it a serious try this year when conditions suit...

How did you get on in Canada? Where were you fishing? East or West coast? And the million Euro question, how many fish to the bomber?

[pete85]

How did you get on in Canada? Where were you fishing? East or West coast? And the million Euro question, how many fish to the bomber?

We were fishing in gaspe on the east coast, on the river York and a day on the Dartmouth... Fishing was tough going we were greeted with the lowest water for the 2nd week in 20 years and not many fish coming in, we did o.k given the conditions hooking 6 "small" fish and landing 4 in the 10lb to 15lb range... Everyone was saying there was a lack of big fish in the river although I did cover a couple of fish in the 30lb bracket without success... We didn't fish dry a whole lot but did rise 2 fish, one of which we should of hooked, our guide landed 2 fish on opening day on bombers with 8 degrees water and 10 degrees air... I was picking at our guides brain all week, he sees no reason why it won't work here... I'll get a few pics up later...

[minitube]

but as for fishing a dry like in Cannada/Iceland/Norway/Russia dont hold your breath, after 300 years of salmon fishing with rod and line its not common practice for a reason.

Thanks for your post PBP. Common practice is a very good term, and dead drift dry fly certainly would already be common practice here if it worked. It doesn't even constitute an occasional practice method here. Not once ever in my lifetime have I ever seen any report in T&S or any mag stating or showing some people or party with x amount of fish to whatever size taken on dead drift dry fly on beat so and so on such and such a river in the U.K. or Ireland. It doesn't happen. No articles stating my dead drift drys for the Dee springers e.t.c. Never has any Ghillie in Scotland or the North of England ever said to me, well sir why don't you try the dead drift dry fly as they were taking it yesterday or last week and so and so caught x fish on it including one of x pounds. Personally have never tried it but will do sometime here simply out of curiousity - sometime when there's no big panic on as I don't expect anything much to happen.