snake flies for salmon

[macca]

hello everybody
just joined the site today.now im not a salmon fisherman but i have a liecene because i fish for seatrout but it think that has all changed because ive caught 3 peal in the last week on the fly in the middle of the night using snakes.is this normal for salmon to take them at night ive only started to catch them because ive only started to use the snakes in the last 2 weeks. now the fish werent huge they were 3lb,4lband 6lb but i must say im going to go after them more next year.has anyone any info on the better colours to use im getting them onn a black adder
cheers
ger

[hornet]

Macca,

I have never used snake style flies for Salmon or Sea Trout. I guess they would be fished like a collie dug & sunray shadow. Square cast, let it swing round coupled with stripping or roly poly.

Where do you fish and is it Sea Trout you mainly go for ?.

Also welcome to the Forum.

Hornet

[macca]

thanks hornet
ya i mainly fish for seatrout im from cork city since i put the snakes on i have been hooking salmon every night im out but only landed 3 i normally do the fig of 8 slowly and they really smack it like a seatrout.the river would be full of salmon fishermen early but they leave at dark and nobody believes me when i catch them but i found them to be deadly because ive only ever got a peal bought 3lb before i started fishing them

[hornet]

Macca,

I have mates who fish for sea trout and caught many salmon during the night. Catching them during the day is hard enough never mind at night .

I would try mixing your night by using stripping and roly poly retrieving along with your current method.

As for type and colours then i suppose anything black and silver would create a dark silhouette. Trying out sinking flies or wake flies would be a case of suck it and see.

Good luck and let us know how you get on.

Hornet