I have found a purple with some glow strands have worked great this year. Thanks for the video.

I would like to see more of them.

I use vintage Daiwa fiberglass rods with a fly reel. I add 60 ft of mono ahead of 15ft of braid then the backing. I adjust depth by changing out weights (0 to 4 oz). I fish out of an 8 ft pontoon boat (oar powered) and I do well. I also tie my own tube flies. Don’t need to overthink it. Kokanee strike out of curiosity or defense just get their attention.

Invest in a line counter reel. You can get a great eagle claw rod for $30. True you can get by with just a couple go to lure and dodger rigs, but every lake is different. I’ve fished one lake that cop car was the go to, another that liked pink and orange and another lake that loves wonder bread. We have a small lure company and if anyone asks, I recommend line 4 combos that I use almost exclusively even though we have lots of options.

Very flexible rod tip is imperative!

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Thanks for the great video

I always place one smelly pink maggot on my hook! Works like a charm

Great video as always. Thank you for sharing this information with us

Great content…I am new to the northwest and your channel has provided so much guidance on how to fish this amazing area. Thank You So Much

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Been using your pattern for 2 years...thanks

Look forward to your videos, excellant as always…love to fish big steelhead and salmon but really love kokanee fishing!

Love your fly tying. Gonna do some myself. You are right. Any boat will fish Kokanee. Very nice hats

Love you content Kokanee fishing is my favorite to

Love it keep it up. If you ever want to fish, flaming, gorge, or strawberry, my boat is all yours.

I don't like eating rainbow trout and I really doubt triploides would be any different from regular rainbows. Shoot, I don't even like to eat ocean run steelhead. And, there's a big difference between Lake Superior Coho and the other great lakes coho (Michigan and Huron in my case). Lake Superior is a cold clean oligotrophic lake with few nutrients, but lots of coho feed. Lake Michigan and Huron are warmer and eutrophic lakes. Lake Erie is very eutrophic, but it produces great perch and walleye. Back in 88 when I lived out here I caught many coho out of the Nooksack river here. I have to be back in Marquette, MI by mid April so there probably not be any fishing for me out here.

and because both the 15# line and the bead blocks theends of the lure, you can add a thickened bait scent inside to act as a residual attractant

Sweet video! Hopefully I’ll see ya on Roosevelt in a couple months. I’ll show you this simple Kokanee fly my dad created. Very simple but very affective. Love the channel keep up the good work!

I bet a friend of mine he couldn't cast for kokanee when the water was down for dam maintenance and couldn't launch our boat...he promptly tied on a size 4 red rooster tail, walked to the lake's edge, and banked 2 14" silver bullets in 30 mins. Never seen that before or since.

Love the hats!

Hey Derek. New Koke fisherman here and new subs to your channel. As you said, one of the fun things about Koke fishing is making your own lures. I am have a blast making them. Thanks for all the info. I’m looking forward watching more of your Kokanee fishing videos. 🙏🙏🙏

Agree with you 100 percent kokanee fishing is so addictive, I live on one of the best kokanee lakes in Washington state and it is definitely a scenic beautiful place! I’ve spent thousands on Kokanee gear and it is the most simple rigs that work good and I do the same as you I have two rods that stay rigged up with the same setup and all the rest of my tackle sits in the boat storage haha 😆 once you get the corn/scent and tackle figured out it’s pretty much down to depth and speed after that! I am not the best at winter kokanee fishing so I’m looking forward to watching your videos and learning more! Excited for more kokanee content and fly tying etc. And I need to get one of those hats ASAP! Those are dope! 🤘 Merry Christmas! Fish on

Great channel and content! Keep up the good work!

Nice video Derick

I'm very new to Kokanee and boat fishing. I will be on Roosevelt, for the very first time, this Thursday - Sunday! I absolutely have future plans to fish with at least a couple guides, as soon as I'm able! Love your approach! I spent years Tying flies, for fly fishing trout and steelhead. Your Flys are incredible!

Tom Nelson said, "Any hoochie is better if you rip off about half of the legs." Ie create space between them. Your bead does the same thing.

Man! Waiting on those Vedder Fly on your website checking everyday I need more of those lol And yes they are perfect this time of the year on Merwin lake👌🏻👍🏻🙂

Never caught a kokanee, but was raised fishing walleye on Lake Erie and Lake Pymatuning in Ohio. I was first introduced to koke fishing as a concept by Cameron Black of Addicted Fishing and then started to watch Tyler Hicks's channel and his kayak fishing koke method. I've lived in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for the past 44 years and have caught a lot of Lake Superior Coho salmon which I consider better eating than any other salmonid in the Great Lakes. Now I live in Bellingham, but need to get back to the U.P. this spring to get my boat out of storage and bring it across to start fishing. Lake Roosevelt will probably be my primery target because it has both walleye and kokanee.

I watched but dont do instagram. Love tying kokanee gear and its the only species i really am addicted to. Its my therapy, been restoring a lake boat strictly for kokanee for a few years now so been off the water but 2023 is hopefully going to get some blood on the deck. Love your kokanee videos

Great video. I love tying the Hoochie's. Where do you get the Micro hoochies?

Love the Kokanee content! Fishing for salmon is great (especially with Shawn... he is "the man" (pics on channel)) but I love fishing for Kokanee. Don't really get over to WA lakes much though Roosevelt and Chelan are tops on the list for Kokanee for sure. Have migrated back to simple small presentation spinners over the last couple years but occasionally troll the small shrimp as well. I tend to think it does vary between fisheries a bit and also year to year. Kinda 50/50 on the scent or maybe just haven't found the perfect combo yet.

Why do you use mono rather than braid? Is this to utilize the snubbing effect of a stretchable line?

Good video bud let’s go Rosevelt

Hi I liked the video. If you could have only 3 colors of aeroflash dodger what would they be?

Go to boardman or irrigon if you want to catch walleye.

have you considered selling flies and lures?

What website can you order the hoochie bodies

Do you have Paypal it take 10 of those.

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Love the fly tying vids! I enjoy tying tube flies as well. Where do you get the micro tubes that are pink? I’ve only ever found clear tubes.