most of our action lately has come at 12-23 feet down. most have been caught on flies at 3 or 4 colors. anywhere between 1.8 and 2.2 sog works well. make sure you're using a fluorocarbon leader, especially on you leadcore rigs. i use 50ft. of 8lb. seaguar to a spro swivel, then a short 6 ft. leader of 6lb. seaguar to a duolock snap (or you can tie direct to the fly/spoon). i use a similar setup on my downrigger rods, but run a full spool of 8lb. seaguar. then the swivel and a 6lb. 6 foot leader to a duolock snap.
when i started out i was using regular mono for my rigger rods and tying a snap swivel to my leadcore. never caught squat. too easy for the salmon to see, they wouldn't hit it. changed things up to the above and started catching fish right away.
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