Fly line for Landlocked Salmon

[troutaddict33]

Hey guys i figured i'de post over here rather than NY because it seems like you guys do more salmon fishing than most my way. I've been trolling with fly rods on the surface for landlock salmon in Lake George NY. Now, i don't have the fly line i used in the past and don't remember what it was (floating/sinking??) but back then i was catching many more salmon. The set up i am using now is identical other than now i am using different line that is floating line but im not getting a lot of action; only 1 or 2 fish to hit a day rather than 5 or so like before. What type of line do you guys prefer. I'm hoping it's just an issue like this rather than they don't hit like they used to or i can't fish like i used to  any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

[hardwatergrampa]

full sink line for trolling

[bluefinforme]

ya most use sinking or leadcore...I prefer the sinking fly line.......reminds me of fly fishing kind of 

[troutaddict33]

How far down does the sinking line go??

[fuldraw]

if you are trolling with flys and have 30 yards of sinking line and 30 feet or so of leader you will be at about 8 feet if your backing is just to the water.  if you are trolling slower with live bait with the same line and distance you will prob be around 12-13 feet

[troutaddict33]

awsome... i guess ill be doing that tomorrow and maybe leave one with floating for a bit since i have been getting hits on it and they look up of course. thanks for the help

[FLAG]

I use the Salmon Trolling Level Line from Cortland. Works great

[Yukon Steve]

I was told the Cortland 333+ (salmon trolling line) works well so I just spooled up with it.

[TightLines]

awsome... i guess ill be doing that tomorrow and maybe leave one with floating for a bit since i have been getting hits on it and they look up of course. thanks for the help

The guy I fish with uses on floating with two splitshots on a 15' floro leader and one full sinking with a 15' leader and does good on both. The longer the leader the higher your fly will run. I find the sinking runs about 8' down but a 20' leader bring the fly up about 3'. I run very close to shore in shallow water and don't tend to hook bottom unless I get less that 5' of water. Hope it helps.

[FLAG]

I was told the Cortland 333+ (salmon trolling line) works well so I just spooled up with it.

you can't go wrong with that

[troutaddict33]

The guy I fish with uses on floating with two splitshots on a 15' floro leader and one full sinking with a 15' leader and does good on both. The longer the leader the higher your fly will run. I find the sinking runs about 8' down but a 20' leader bring the fly up about 3'. I run very close to shore in shallow water and don't tend to hook bottom unless I get less that 5' of water. Hope it helps.

yeah ill try that split shot method on my floating that's a good idea... i have a barrel swivel between a 10-12 ft liter and the line the minnow rig is on which im sure was bringing it down a little. seemed to be about 3-4 feet down. as far as getting stuck the hot spots aroung here are in about 100 ft of water even though its a stone throw from shore. thanks for the ideas/help.

[MaineFishah]

Just curious if sink tip line will have a similar effect compared to the splitshot method. Or are the splitshots a lot heavier. Maybe  the sink tip with a smaller splitshot on the leader.

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