05-13-2006, 10:47 PM
[cool][#0000ff]First of all, I am sure that you meant "bear" with me...not "bare" with me. TubeBabe might object to us stripping together.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The fish was being heaved out into the water, after being taken out of the survey net. I timed the shot to get the fish in the air. Pretty good, huh? I kinda cheated. I had watched them throw several others over and I was ready at the right time.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You already understand the potential need for different rods when fly fishing. Different presentations, saves changing lines, etc. It is much the same with us "multi-tackle" and multi-species anglers.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]On a typical trip to Utah Lake, I will have at least one med-light spinning rig, with which to throw plastic jigs for walleyes and white bass. I will often also have a light action spinning rig, for fishing smaller plastics, marabou jigs or spinners. Sometimes smaller is better.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I will usually have at least two medium weight spinning setups, with 8 or 10 pound line, for fishing bait for catfish. My fifth rod will be either a med-heavy spinning rig or a stout baitcaster, with 14# line. Of the three outfits rigged for catfish, one may be a "flyline" rig, with just a hook tied directly onto the line, for fishing whole dead minnows as naturally as possible, without any weight. Another may be rigged with a float, to dangle the bait just off the bottom, in shallow snaggy water. The third may be set up with a "corky" rig. This includes a small sliding sinker, a swivel, a floating "Corky" and then the hook. This rig uses a brightly colored small float to suspend the bait just above the bottom, just the reverse of using a bobber to dangle it downward.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In short, because of the several potential species available on any given trip, the varying sizes of the different fish and the differing conditions in different spots, it is easier to have different rigs ready to switch without having to cut off and retie every time there is the desire or need to make different presentations.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Could I get by with just a single rod? Sure. That's all I used to have and I did fine with one "pole" for many species. But, would I enjoy fishing as much with just the one rod again? Probably not. There is both art and science involved in taking and using different rods for different fishing conditions. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, you already know that. Either that or you just like to collect a lot of flyrods. I'll bet you seldom use only one and I'll also bet you don't use some of them at all any more.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Not smart a$$ questions at all. Some folks learn how to fish differently, or have different attitudes. Others have limited budgets that do not allow the luxury of owning more than one "outfit" at a time. They must choose carefully, to allow them to cover the widest possible range of potential fishing situations. On some trips, they will do fine. On others they will be totally skunked because they just did not have the right gear to get the job done. Kinda like trying to cast a size 24 dry, on a 16 foot leader, over spooky trout with a 13 weight high density shooting head on a two handed salt water rig. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The fish was being heaved out into the water, after being taken out of the survey net. I timed the shot to get the fish in the air. Pretty good, huh? I kinda cheated. I had watched them throw several others over and I was ready at the right time.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You already understand the potential need for different rods when fly fishing. Different presentations, saves changing lines, etc. It is much the same with us "multi-tackle" and multi-species anglers.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]On a typical trip to Utah Lake, I will have at least one med-light spinning rig, with which to throw plastic jigs for walleyes and white bass. I will often also have a light action spinning rig, for fishing smaller plastics, marabou jigs or spinners. Sometimes smaller is better.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I will usually have at least two medium weight spinning setups, with 8 or 10 pound line, for fishing bait for catfish. My fifth rod will be either a med-heavy spinning rig or a stout baitcaster, with 14# line. Of the three outfits rigged for catfish, one may be a "flyline" rig, with just a hook tied directly onto the line, for fishing whole dead minnows as naturally as possible, without any weight. Another may be rigged with a float, to dangle the bait just off the bottom, in shallow snaggy water. The third may be set up with a "corky" rig. This includes a small sliding sinker, a swivel, a floating "Corky" and then the hook. This rig uses a brightly colored small float to suspend the bait just above the bottom, just the reverse of using a bobber to dangle it downward.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In short, because of the several potential species available on any given trip, the varying sizes of the different fish and the differing conditions in different spots, it is easier to have different rigs ready to switch without having to cut off and retie every time there is the desire or need to make different presentations.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Could I get by with just a single rod? Sure. That's all I used to have and I did fine with one "pole" for many species. But, would I enjoy fishing as much with just the one rod again? Probably not. There is both art and science involved in taking and using different rods for different fishing conditions. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, you already know that. Either that or you just like to collect a lot of flyrods. I'll bet you seldom use only one and I'll also bet you don't use some of them at all any more.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Not smart a$$ questions at all. Some folks learn how to fish differently, or have different attitudes. Others have limited budgets that do not allow the luxury of owning more than one "outfit" at a time. They must choose carefully, to allow them to cover the widest possible range of potential fishing situations. On some trips, they will do fine. On others they will be totally skunked because they just did not have the right gear to get the job done. Kinda like trying to cast a size 24 dry, on a 16 foot leader, over spooky trout with a 13 weight high density shooting head on a two handed salt water rig. [/#0000ff]
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