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Barracuda Giant Barracuda or Atlantic/Carribean Barracuda is in the family of Sphyraena. Often called "Cuda" and feared because of their razor sharp teeth. Cudas like to stalk |
| their prey and then ambush from short range. They are amazingly quick and can literally move faster than the eye can see. They eat any kind of fish that they can catch. They love to eat bonefish or jacks that have been hooked by fishermen. Big Cudas are smart and learn to use wading people or people in boats to flush their prey to them. Often when you are wading for Bonefish or Permit |
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you will see a big Cuda pacing you, waiting for you to flush fish to him. This is often their undoing as a large fly cast ten or twenty feet ahead of the Cuda and stripped fast can produce a vicious strike. Never retrieve the fly toward a fly toward a Cuda as it will spook him. Big Cudas over four feet in length have proven to be nearly impossible to land while wading. The best fishing is from a boat positioned in deep water off the edge of a shallow reef or flat. Throw the fly into the shallow water and retrieve over the edge. Large Cudas are usually in dispersed populations. Often a lot of water has to be fished. Trolling flies |
| along the edges has proven to be easiest. However once a big Cuda is spotted, expect it to remain around that location. They seem to have established territories. Points have proven to be better cover than coves. Deep mouths of tidal creeks are great holding and ambush places for Cudas. Large flies over 12" are needed to attract larger specimens. Make your fly look wounded or disoriented. Jerky retrieves have been most effective. You can not retrieve the fly too fast. Use 12" of light piano wire for bite tippet. Cudas can easily bite through any monofilament. Average Cudas caught on big flies are 30" to 50" long. The world record is 6' and 106 pounds. |
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The River Spey This northern Scottish river has had a huge influence on American fly fishing. There are Spey Flies, Spey Casts and Spey Rods. On doing a web search, I found that about 8,000 Atlantic Salmon are still landed each year from its waters. It is the second longest river in Scotland. |
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Stretching 98 miles, The River Spey,
fed by the surrounding area of some 1300sq. miles, tumbles downward with
growing momentum to Spey Bay in the Moray Firth. It is one of the
fastest rivers in Europe. Sea
Trout (sea-run Brown Trout) are caught here in fair numbers. British aristocracy & world travelers have fished salmon & trout here ardently since the 1850's. As in most of Europe a beat must be hired from the local land owner. Perhaps you would like to stay at one of the areas more famous castles? The Spey Valley is probably more famous for its malt whisky than its fishing. Over forty distilleries are currently in operation here. |
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Bob Hooton & Jim Muck from ODFW will be special guests for the January 14 "Round Table". If you have questions about fish management on the Sandy River, be at this "Round Table". Also you may see the results of the Marmot Dam fish count by clicking here. The fly tying topic will be winter steelhead Tube Flies. All Round Tables are FREE !!! |
| If you would like to read a detailed Deschutes River Fishing Report, click here. |
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RIO Introduces the
MidSpey line. It is a longer belly version of the very popular
WindCutter
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