10-02-2010, 05:39 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I will pop in here. I have tied flies for years and fish them both with standard flyrods and with spinning rods...many different ways. A fly is a fly is a fly...but the way you present it can make more difference than the rod you use to fish it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When living in California I usually packed both flyrods and spinning gear back into the Sierras...pretty much the same thing as the Uintas. I used the flyrod wherever there was room for backcasting and the fish were within reach. But, whenever standard casting was a problem...or the fish were rising way beyond fly casting range, out came the bubble and fly. I used the same patterns. These ranged from small nymphs to ants to hoppers to streamers...depending upon the water, the species and time of year. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Over the years I have experimented with fishing flies many different ways on a spinning rod. One of the most effective...for fishing deep in stillwater...is to combine a jig and fly. I either rig a small jig on the bottom...with a dropper a couple of feet above...or put the jig on the dropper and let the fly trail behind two or three feet behind the jig. I tie a lot of marabou jigs that work well by themselves or with the jig-fly combo.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I fish flies both in flowing and still water with a double dropshot rig...weight on the bottom and two flies on droppers above the weight. Helps find and hold the bottom in deep flows and drag the bottom behind my tube in deeper lakes. I catch a lot of fish that way.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I also rig flies with lures...either as a dropper above a spinner, spoon or hardbait...or sometimes as a trailer from 6" to 3' behind the lure. The use of swivels in the right places are helpful to avoid line twist both above the lure and on the fly/leader.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You may have been referring to some of the flies I have posted as being "non-traditional". I do use flies...especially in the fall...that are more "lures" than standard fly patterns. They incorporate flashy holographic chenilles, bright hot colors and synthetic materials for wings and tails. They may offend the senses of purist fly flingers but they work.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Have a look.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When living in California I usually packed both flyrods and spinning gear back into the Sierras...pretty much the same thing as the Uintas. I used the flyrod wherever there was room for backcasting and the fish were within reach. But, whenever standard casting was a problem...or the fish were rising way beyond fly casting range, out came the bubble and fly. I used the same patterns. These ranged from small nymphs to ants to hoppers to streamers...depending upon the water, the species and time of year. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Over the years I have experimented with fishing flies many different ways on a spinning rod. One of the most effective...for fishing deep in stillwater...is to combine a jig and fly. I either rig a small jig on the bottom...with a dropper a couple of feet above...or put the jig on the dropper and let the fly trail behind two or three feet behind the jig. I tie a lot of marabou jigs that work well by themselves or with the jig-fly combo.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I fish flies both in flowing and still water with a double dropshot rig...weight on the bottom and two flies on droppers above the weight. Helps find and hold the bottom in deep flows and drag the bottom behind my tube in deeper lakes. I catch a lot of fish that way.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I also rig flies with lures...either as a dropper above a spinner, spoon or hardbait...or sometimes as a trailer from 6" to 3' behind the lure. The use of swivels in the right places are helpful to avoid line twist both above the lure and on the fly/leader.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You may have been referring to some of the flies I have posted as being "non-traditional". I do use flies...especially in the fall...that are more "lures" than standard fly patterns. They incorporate flashy holographic chenilles, bright hot colors and synthetic materials for wings and tails. They may offend the senses of purist fly flingers but they work.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Have a look.[/#0000ff]
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