sounds like you're doing ok there fineangler...the rod is a bit short, but if you are catching fish, and fairly, thenthere is nothing to be worried about....if you are casting spinners and spoons, try fishing away from the spots that the chumare sitting in....not too far away, but if there is a back eddy near there, or a stretch of water that looks like it should have fish in it, but you don't see any, try there....coho, especially the bright ones are very hard to see under most conditions, but chum are usually obvious as they are dark....fish away from the chum, cover all the viable water and be patient....you might just be telling us about a nice bright coho you caught....