1. Generally speaking the best times to use salmon fishing techniques to catch salmon would be during times that there is low light for example cloudy days. During days in which the weather is bright and sunny the salmon usually collect and assemble together deep in the holes.

2. You also need to take note that salmon do not feed themselves while they are in the river. When the salmon do happen to strike it is a behaviour that is learned. Primarily salmon are known to be predatory and aggressive when the salmon are in the lake until they go into the river.

3. In order to catch salmon you can set the hook by yanking downstream with your rod three times. In order to get a better set for the salmon, use your free hand in pulling the line is a big help. When you lift the rod straight up sometimes it will pull the fly straight out of the salmon’s mouth.

4. For your hooks to go through the thick jaws of the salmon you need to sharpen your hooks in order to catch salmon.

5. If you fish with a partner in order to catch salmon this can be most enjoyable and at the same time you can help each other out to spot a salmon. While one of you is fishing for the salmon the other person can be higher up on the other side of the bank checking the reaction of the salmon and what exactly the salmon are doing. A very helpful salmon tip is to use polarized glasses which make this very helpful when doing this and it brings satisfying results for catching the salmon.

6. You can fish all day for salmon if you can find a good hole where there are many salmon inside.

7. The length of the tippet as well as your weight need to be adjusted so as in order the depth of the hole and the depth of the salmon. Your weight on your line should not drag but should only be able to touch the bottom every now and again. Take note that if the tippet is three feet long it will set the fly six inches up to two feet off the bottom.

8. You can get your fly higher in the water column by adding a foam indicator at the top of your fly.