I spent the day making flashers with a friend for sockeye fishing.
A couple weeks ago I went sockeye fishing in the Brewster "Zoo". What a mess of boats going every direction in close quarters.
As I prepared to go I took inventory of my flashers and found only an old Abe N Al and a dodger. It's been so long that I don't remember when I bought them or if I ever used them. Since I have a 2 pole endorsement I figured that I needed some more. I didn't like the plastic ones so I thought I'd make some from some stainless steel scrap I had.
Well, one of my homemade ones turned out good. Since I'd never sockeye fished before I had to do a crash course by myself. The first half day I didn't have a bite. The next day it took from daybreak until 10:00 AM before I caught my first sockeye. I quickly set up my other pole with similar bait. I caught my limit of 4 that day but all on the same pole. The next day my brother-in-law joined me. I caught my limit by noon on that pole then let him use it and he caught another 3.
The following day I talked another friend into joining me. He is a good fisherman but he didn't catch anything on his2 rods while I caught my limit with that 1 rod. After that he caught another 3 with that same flasher. None on the other rods.
I've since retired that flasher and am using it as a pattern to attempt to make more for next year if not Roosevelt Lake kokanee before that. We'll see how well I can duplicate it. I beat it out with a ball pein hammer.
My friend came to my place bringing some stainless steel strips that we cut out, ground into shape, drilled and hammered into shape over a form I made and tuned up over a ball and shaft in a vise. We made 20 today, 10 apiece.
Next is split rings, swivels and reflective tape.
Sorry, no pictures.
