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Review: Randy in New York: I love your
website. I can tell how hard you have and are still working on it. The
content is rich with info. I love to read it.
Review from Tony in Labrador CA: Dear
Sir, You have an excellent site.
Review/Question from Herb in California:
Timothy Kusherets, I very much enjoy reading and rereading your book
and web site. I read a few articles where you mention you sometimes
have seminars. Do you have any planned in the near future ?
Review from John in Washington: Dear Mr. Kusherets,
I read your book Steelhead & Salmon Drift- Fishing Secrets, and
bought everything you recommended. I read the fishing report for the
Puyallup on Friday, and it said it was bad because the river was low.
I was determined to go anyway, because I knew you’re system worked,
and if there was any fish in the river, I would catch them. I went fishing
on the Puyallup river behind Fred Meyer. Before walking into the river,
I looked for a place where the fish were holding. I found a slot. A
branch was laying on the river, forming ripples and currents above and
below the tree branch. I decided to fish about 10 feet above the branch,
and let my line drift into the slot. I casted at 2:00 and quickly reeled
in the slack. I slowly reeled in to keep tension on my line. When my
line was at 12:00 I stopped reeling and placed my index finger under
the line. Between 10:00 and 11:00 my line stopped moving, my index finger
felt weight, I set the hook and quickly reeled in. FISH ON!!! About
5 minutes later I had landed a 6 ½ lb. hooknose silver. 5 minutes
later I had another silver on before it got off. It was glorious. I’m
very thankful you shared what you knew, and if I ever know what I’m
doing I’ll make sure to tell other people too. I attached a picture
of the fish I caught. Thank you.
Review from Roy in Wisconsin: Hello Tim,
I took the time to read both " Battling Cougars in the Dead of
Night & The Insvisibe" articles. I really enjoyed reading them.
Having seen the pictures, I could envision what was happening in “Invisible”.
Keep up the great work! I look forward to reading more.
Review/Comment from David in Washington: I just picked
up your book, & read the whole thing. I used to fish about 8-10
years ago for steelhead, but gave up. limiting out on pinks was fun
the first couple times, but they’re small & not to good for
eating. –and not good for pictures! I’m buying the exact
line & reels, & rod etc... you recommended & trying to follow
your system exactly.
Here's David with his son and his very first Coho just a couple
of days later. It's a Beautiful Silver Salmon caught using a five foot
long leader during times of turbid conditions.
Review/Question from Shawn in California:
great book, quik question, when drift fishing with roe in the eggloop
style, do you reel it in just like using the corkies or do you leave
it in the drift? not plunking. . live n.ca one hour from sacramento
ca, me and my wife went steelhead fishing on the american river for
the first time ,but no luck , but learned alot ,used size 10 corkies
, the guy next to us, told us to use smaller corkies im thinking size
14 because he was useing the smallist red bead with fluora yellow yarn
,a very small amount , in 15 minutes he caught a 10lb steelhead, my
wife and i are beginners , on our next trip im sure we will catch one
, your book is excellent . thaks for you time.
Review from John in New Hampshire: Hello
Timothy, Thank You much for the info. I still find myself much like
a sponge, never getting tired or bored with soaking up all info possible
of specific areas of fishing which interest me which can be put to practical
use.
Review from Hugh in British Columbia:
Just on my way out the door to go on a fishing vacation, and
thought I would take a moment to touch base with you. Thanks again for
letting me publish your articles. I found each of them very informative
and a good compliment to our site.
Review from Jeff in Michigan: I bought
your book, "Steelhead & Salmon Drift-Fishing Secrets"
went home and read it cover to cover in an evening. Great stuff! I've
always been interested in drift fishing steelhead/salmon, but until
recently have not had the time or resources to get serious about it.
I was captivated by all the information and knowledge you have shared
in this book. It is my intent to challange your expertise - not to be
a hard-ass about it, but to accelerate my learning curve.
Review from Brant in Washington: Read
your latest work and must say that I found it exciting and remarkably
good. I strongly encourage you to continue in your efforts because I
believe you have the makings of an excellent author.
Review from Bill in Pennsylvania: Hi
Tim, just got done reading the entire book you wrote on drift fishing.
Let me tell you a little story. Before Christmas my son and I went to
Oak Orchard in N.Y. for Salmon,steelhead and browns. The salmon were
done, but plenty of steelies and brownies. A guy walked over to where
we were all fishing and litterally tore up the hole catching fish after
fish where there were at least 20 of us fishing. I talked to this guy
at the end of the day in the parking lot, and he told me to get your
book. He was in a hurry and didn't have time to show me. He said, he
was sort of like me and liked fishing with the fly, but after getting
turned on do drift fishing, thats all he does.Tight lines to you. Bill...
I give your book 5 stars. It makes things simple, that some knowledge
fisherman are reluctant to give out. Keep up the good work
Review from Jim in Oregon: I have been
reading your book...thanks for the great information. I am a novice
steelhead fisherman but you have giving me more confidence to just go
fishing instead of getting intimated by the sport.
Review from Art in Vermont: I just came
from checking your site and enjoyed my visit very much and I am happy
to give you our award, as it is well deserved and shows a lot of hard
work.
It was easy to navigate, loaded quickly, and gets your message out nicely.
Very Nice website!
Review from Oman (bordering Saudi Arabia):
Dear Timothy Kusherets. I like your book and web site and find them
to be very informative. My only concern is the language used by you
which seems a little bit hard for people like me from non English speaking
countries. Anyway I found it useful. In Oman- where I live- we nead
to cast for long distance when fishing from the shore, Do you know any
divice or advice that can help me to cast as far as possible ? best
regards A. Rahim (This particular review got
me to thinking about placing international versions of the site. Links,
flags, are now prominently displayed at the top of ever page so the
world can enjoy Top Fishing Secrets in many languages.)
Questions/Comments from Michael in Oak
Bay Victoria (Canada): Hello Timothy, Thankyou for the info on the web
about tides-I find it quite fascinating and insightful. I do have a
question or two. I keep my Boston Whaler in Oak Bay, off Victoria. I
usually fish Constance Bank and Oak bay for winter springs, and fish
the Sooke area in summer and fall. Prior to reading your info on tides,
I have always focused on fishing slack tides—thinking that this
is a) when salmon are more actively feeding, not having to fight currents,
and b) it is easier to fish, ie., you can maintain a slower speed with
your boat when trolling, not have to fish in just one direction etc.
I have always known that salmon move during big tides, it only makes
sense, but it is hard to fish then, ie., your boat just moves too fast
I think. But you recommend fishing during these big tides. Can you give
me some more suggestions on how to do this? Are you thinking sticking
to back eddies? Also, out in the Juan de Fuca straight I do fish the
tide lines in summer—and have more luck for pinks, sockeye and
coho—but little with springs, which seem to stay closer to shore.
Question from John in South Dakota: Hello
Tim,
I was on a website and they told me to contact you. I went to your site
to have a look..........Can you recommend a guide that specializes in
Walleyes on the Columbia River in Oregon???????? Any idea here. Also
I would love to go on a trophy smallmouth trip sometime. Heard of a
huge one recently caught in Idaho on a Reservoir there. Any suggestions
for a great Smallmouth guide somewhere?
Question: Timothy, I was fishing for
chinook at the skokomish river in washington sept 1st through the 5th.
i noticed the chinook weren't biting the corkies( black hook with black
corkie and black yarn.) Then i noticed a man drift fishing with a bobber
and he had salmon eggs on his 5ft leader and they actually were biting
it. i came home with a salmon a day using corkie and yarn but i was
spending 6 plus hrs at the river. This other gentleman was there 1 hr
a day and landing fish using the salmon eggs?.Do they acually eat there
own eggs? Do the fish have any appetite during there journey back to
the river? the coho and the chum were biting in the river though? i
due own your book and i love it and thanks to your info i landed my
first king salmon and it was my first ever salmon at that! thanks again.
i am going on deployment with the navy so i will be back at it again
next year.
Question from Pete in Great Britain:
Hi, I just read your article on the perfect presentation. Do you have
any specific information to share on fishing in clear estuaries for
steelhead on the fly rod. I tie most of my flies. I have just spent
the past several weeks without a hookup.
Question: From Tom in Alaska: Hello,
I am interested in taking a friend who is about 63 years old and an
avid fisherman on a 3-4 day fishing trip. I live in Alaska and he lives
in Arizona. He has visited Alaska 2 times with great results. Do you
have some ideas? The trip would be in mid June (ideally), and a birthday
gift from his wife.
Question: from Howard in Illinois: Timothy,
Give me a call if you might be interested in being a speaker at our
fishing club, Arlington Anglers.
Comment:Rick From Arizona: You truly
know your stuff!
Comment: Bryan from Washington: NICE
Website!!! I see I'm not the only person to think so, based on the awards
you've won. Stuff from the UK also, very cool!
Comment from Emilly in North Carolina:
I have been having a long running argument with a friend who now lives
in Pa about the wisdom of spitting on my hook. According to him, it
is a superstition, one of which he has heard, and is a waste of time!
Your website is one of the few places I have found that mentions it,
so I was very happy to find that there is evidence to support me and
my belief in this time-honored tradition, which is practiced religiously
here at Wrightsville Beach, NC! Thanks for the info
Comment from Jeff in Oregon: Timothy
I just want to say that you have a great website packed with info. I
have learned a lot from reading articles on your site and have become
a much better fisherman because of it.
Comment/Question from John Ohio: Would
you like to come to Lake County ohio right on Lake Erie two minutes
from some of the best steelhead fishing Ohio hasto offer. Personally
teach me and one of my buddies. The two of us have consistently been
geting better. In fact this year after looking through your website
I have went from one or two fish up to sometimes 15 fish in a couple
hours. You have more knowledge than anyone that I have seen out here.
I am sure that there are a couple of the older gentlemen that have more
than enough knowledge, but getting information from them is like pulling
teeth.
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