| Lure fishing is one of the most popular techniques to | | | | may have. |
| quickly cover large areas of water to determine if | | | | Spinner & Spoon Techniques |
| there is any fish around. Anglers believe that lures are | | | | It is a natural tendency of several anglers, when |
| effective for chinook (king), silver (coho) and pink | | | | fishing with spinners or spoons, to cast directly |
| salmon. They also work well for rainbows, char and | | | | across the river and then end up retrieving the lure |
| grayling breeds as well. | | | | upstream. But the most effective technique is to |
| Mepps Aglia Spinner - One of the Favorites | | | | cast the lure upriver as much as possible. And then |
| It has been seen that Mepps Aglia spinners have | | | | slowly bring the lure right down toward the face of |
| been the most effective lure used in fishing. Most of | | | | all the upriver facing fish. This technique is genuinely |
| the time anglers like to use the fluorescent orange | | | | effective for catching king salmon. When the kings |
| color lure. Apart from that fluorescent yellow and | | | | see the lure coming their way, they believe their |
| fluorescent pink are also some of the good options | | | | space is being invaded and readily strike the lure to |
| to target the kings. If you are fishing with a single | | | | show who is the boss! |
| hook, you can change out the trebble hooks for a | | | | Basic Dive Lures & Technique |
| single. Even you may consider the new Mepps | | | | It is advisable to cast the lure as far as you can |
| "LongCast" spinners that are available with either | | | | angle upstream at a 45 degree angle and determine |
| single or trebble hooks. | | | | the appropriate retrieval speed. Generally the correct |
| Pixie Spoons - A Traditional Salmon Lure | | | | retrieval speed varies based on the current of the |
| Spoons work well for Salmon kings that too of | | | | river and its depth. You should keep the lure in such a |
| silvers and pink colors. Pixie brand spoons are the | | | | way so that it just lightly touches the bottom. This |
| most popular ones that come with fluorescent | | | | helps you to know when you have a bite as because |
| orange, green, yellow or pink colors. These plastic | | | | the line is tight and the lure is moving creating an |
| lures come in 1/2 or 3/8 ounce sizes. Pixies come | | | | obvious take. It is wise to take plenty of |
| with single or trebble hooks making it easy for | | | | replacement hooks and associated hardware for your |
| compliance with whatever hooks restrictions the river | | | | lures on a salmon king fishing trip. |