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Originally Posted by 1shotwade
I just don't see anything great about it. Further more I don't want the image of being a fly fisherman.If you put a float on a spinning rig or bait caster it's called a float or a bobber. If you put the same thing on a fly fishing outfit it becomes a "strike indicator"! Really! Give me a break!
Wade
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Those that use "strike indicators" are doing so when they fly fish nymphs and wet flies because they do not really know how to tell when a trout has simply sucked the fly into their mouth without moving from the spot that they are in. I learned "old school" fly fishing and yes I have missed some of those subtle strikes also, but I think I have properly read more than missed.
As far as the image part goes, I think I know what you are talking about. Me, I love just grabbing my fly rod while wearing nothing more than Tevas (a rugged sandal), shorts and a shirt. Wet-wading like that thru the creeks. I have only been in an Orvis shop once before and will never go back into one.
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Originally Posted by JawjaBoy
Ever try fishing for redfin pike in a creek that may only be 4-5 feet wide in places with a 9 foot rod? How about going after largemouth bass in a hundred year old mill pond that is loaded to the brim with lily pads, hydrilla and tens of thousands of cypress trees? I go to places like this regularly and can tell you that while you might catch some fish on fly tackle, you will do a lot more cussing than fishing!  |
I would never take a 9 foot into a small creek like that. That is what they make 5 and 6 footers for. Kind of similar in size to the rod that you would be using while spin fishing or bait fishing the same water. And then I would just roll cast as opposed to over-head cast.
Bass fishing in a mill pond? I tie "Dive Bombers", "Hula Poppers" and "Frogs" with deer hair and make them weedless just like the big companies do with their lures. I am sure that I would get snagged here and there but not any more so than a someone using anything else.
Fly fishing is actually quite simple except when trying to teach someone that has up to that time only bait-fished, lure-fished or has a preconceived idea of how to fly fish. The casting technique is quite different because you do not have that 1/4 ounce to 3 ounce or so lure/bait on the end of the line to throw at the fish. You are actually casting the fly line, not the fly!
When I owned a trout farm several years ago I had two teenage kids working for me that had never fly fished before. I took them out to our big lake once and within half an hour had them both casting nice tight loops and coming within 2 feet of their target. Of course I was paying them while they were fishing so maybe that may have been an added incentive.
I probably have about two dozen fly rods (split bamboo, fiberglass, carbon) with all but one having been made by me. They range in sizes from 5' to about 11' and in weights from 2 to 12. I can catch anything in fresh water from sunfish and bluegills to pike and muskie and from spots and bone fish to tarpon in salt water. And I usually catch more and bigger fish than those that I am fishing with in salt water. To the point where many of my coastal friends want me to build them some salt water rods. They have to tie their own flies though. I draw the line at tying flies for others.
The one thing that can really limit when and where I fly fish is the wind and there are ways of getting around that sometimes. Otherwise, I can fish anywhere that others can and I am not even close to being an expert. I have friends that are and to me what they can do is almost like magic.
TRellis
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