09-27-2003, 11:27 PM
pretty interesting george , i have pulled the same set up out of the water here as well , some with strike indicators between the beads . i belive the guys call it "flossing the fish ".
today i saw several lead lures used and had my finger sliced open from behind by a guy walking past me with several large trebel hooks above his lead lure .
other things used were yarn filled hooks flipped thru the current on a pencil and/or bell sinker sliding set up , and foam tied to a treble hook as if it were a fly . oh , yes large spoons too .
i've been using the traditional steelhead set up with either triple egg bags ( one sac , three eggs ) or small terestrial flys or wolly worms .
with the spawn , i get browns and steel , by switching over to the flys i get neither , just an ocasional king .
with the only change being the lure itself , can this be concidered flossing or snagging ? does the drift or boyancy change so dramaticly as to effect the fish species it encounters ?
i'm puzzled on this one . if it's all really snagging why let people do it ?
if the hook is imbeded in the mouth , can it still be a snag ? if the hook is outside the mouth but still on the lip or jaw , is it a snag ?
we are not allowed to keep a "foul hooked fish" , that's one big grey area open to a lot of different interpritations .
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today i saw several lead lures used and had my finger sliced open from behind by a guy walking past me with several large trebel hooks above his lead lure .
other things used were yarn filled hooks flipped thru the current on a pencil and/or bell sinker sliding set up , and foam tied to a treble hook as if it were a fly . oh , yes large spoons too .
i've been using the traditional steelhead set up with either triple egg bags ( one sac , three eggs ) or small terestrial flys or wolly worms .
with the spawn , i get browns and steel , by switching over to the flys i get neither , just an ocasional king .
with the only change being the lure itself , can this be concidered flossing or snagging ? does the drift or boyancy change so dramaticly as to effect the fish species it encounters ?
i'm puzzled on this one . if it's all really snagging why let people do it ?
if the hook is imbeded in the mouth , can it still be a snag ? if the hook is outside the mouth but still on the lip or jaw , is it a snag ?
we are not allowed to keep a "foul hooked fish" , that's one big grey area open to a lot of different interpritations .
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