10-25-2010, 03:32 PM
[quote ditchbanker]I've been doing a lot of "fly fishing" with one version or another of a bubble on a spinning rod until I (hopefully) get a fly rod for Christmas.
The other day I was using nymphs on a bobber w/ split shot and I was having a heck of a time setting the hook. Several bites, only set with one. There is a lot of slack.
Also, yesterday I went to the Middle fork of the Boise and tried some fishing with a larger bobber so I could get out to where I wanted to be. There were some SPECTACULAR pieces of river where I got absolutely nothing. This could be because the river was high from rain, or my own ineptitude with presentation or fly choice, but I think I should have picked up SOMETHING in the wonderful looking places I was. I suspect that the splash of the bobber did very little to help me.
If you were curious, I tried several different flies, but spent the most time with a Copper John or something my dad had tied that he called a Zug bug. Again, I'm very new to this but I'm pretty sure the Zug bug would have been an attractor pattern as I've NEVER seen anything that looked like that fly.[/quote]
You have been "Fishing a Fly" There is a difference...LOL
Fly fishing to me is the whole thing. A Fly Rod, Fly Line, Fly Reel, leader and of course fly.
But sounds like you are on the right track.
I know several people that KILL with the bubble on a spinning rod.
Fly fishing we use indicators (bobbers) and while sometimes the slap o the water will scare the other times they won't notice or don't care.
Then other times, it wakes them up and they hit the indicator.
I know mouse patterns work the best if you SLAP them on the water.
My guess is you weren't in the right ZONE for the fish. They will look up to a point, but they don't look down.
I would like to say at this point because you brought this post back to life.
Make sure you are will to put out the time to fly fish if that is what you want to do. It is not just slapping the fly out there, or trolling it. Or even just waving the fly in the air.
It is roll cast, Haul, Double Haul, side arm, dead stop...etc.
It does require the education and time IF you want to learn .
Or you can just go fish with it and occasionally catch fish, but you will be going back to the spinning outfit because you can't get the fly out there around that tree or because there is a mountain or tree behind you.
Fly Fishing isn't the "COOL" thing to do, it's just a fishing style/choice and it takes time...but that is my favorite part of it[laugh]
As far as flies, I hear you on the what the heck do they look like, but got to remember, the fish likely don't see the same thing we do.
A Renegade is suppose to be a snail. [crazy]
Keep posting reports on the Boise though. Some BIG fish have come out of there.
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The other day I was using nymphs on a bobber w/ split shot and I was having a heck of a time setting the hook. Several bites, only set with one. There is a lot of slack.
Also, yesterday I went to the Middle fork of the Boise and tried some fishing with a larger bobber so I could get out to where I wanted to be. There were some SPECTACULAR pieces of river where I got absolutely nothing. This could be because the river was high from rain, or my own ineptitude with presentation or fly choice, but I think I should have picked up SOMETHING in the wonderful looking places I was. I suspect that the splash of the bobber did very little to help me.
If you were curious, I tried several different flies, but spent the most time with a Copper John or something my dad had tied that he called a Zug bug. Again, I'm very new to this but I'm pretty sure the Zug bug would have been an attractor pattern as I've NEVER seen anything that looked like that fly.[/quote]
You have been "Fishing a Fly" There is a difference...LOL
Fly fishing to me is the whole thing. A Fly Rod, Fly Line, Fly Reel, leader and of course fly.
But sounds like you are on the right track.
I know several people that KILL with the bubble on a spinning rod.
Fly fishing we use indicators (bobbers) and while sometimes the slap o the water will scare the other times they won't notice or don't care.
Then other times, it wakes them up and they hit the indicator.
I know mouse patterns work the best if you SLAP them on the water.
My guess is you weren't in the right ZONE for the fish. They will look up to a point, but they don't look down.
I would like to say at this point because you brought this post back to life.
Make sure you are will to put out the time to fly fish if that is what you want to do. It is not just slapping the fly out there, or trolling it. Or even just waving the fly in the air.
It is roll cast, Haul, Double Haul, side arm, dead stop...etc.
It does require the education and time IF you want to learn .
Or you can just go fish with it and occasionally catch fish, but you will be going back to the spinning outfit because you can't get the fly out there around that tree or because there is a mountain or tree behind you.
Fly Fishing isn't the "COOL" thing to do, it's just a fishing style/choice and it takes time...but that is my favorite part of it[laugh]
As far as flies, I hear you on the what the heck do they look like, but got to remember, the fish likely don't see the same thing we do.
A Renegade is suppose to be a snail. [crazy]
Keep posting reports on the Boise though. Some BIG fish have come out of there.
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