03-11-2006, 10:58 AM
[cool][#0000ff]It's all good. I have used spinning reels on fly rods and fished a length of flyline on spinning reels. Whatever it takes to catch some fish and get some enjoys.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are a lot of crappie fans that use their flyrods as long "crappie poles" in the spring to reach out and drop small jigs into the structure favored by spawning crappies. I have done it myself. However, these days I have two 12 foot lightweight graphite rods made specfically for "dipsticking".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have also made several long spinning rods from fly rod blanks. These not only work well for dipsticking but for "bubble-chucking" too. Out in the west we fish flies behind a clear plastic bubble a lot. Sometimes we add water for distance and sinking. Other times just the bubble for surface presentations. Those long rods can chuck a bubble a long ways on good light line.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are a lot of crappie fans that use their flyrods as long "crappie poles" in the spring to reach out and drop small jigs into the structure favored by spawning crappies. I have done it myself. However, these days I have two 12 foot lightweight graphite rods made specfically for "dipsticking".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have also made several long spinning rods from fly rod blanks. These not only work well for dipsticking but for "bubble-chucking" too. Out in the west we fish flies behind a clear plastic bubble a lot. Sometimes we add water for distance and sinking. Other times just the bubble for surface presentations. Those long rods can chuck a bubble a long ways on good light line.[/#0000ff]
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