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Old 06-02-2019, 02:28 PM
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Want to fly fish but dont have a fly rod---No problem--Weighed water bobber on the end of your cast--Two dropper loops about 18in apart--5-6 ft from thebobber.Snelled flys, about 4 to 4/12 in of cast.Put loop over loop and the fly out thru.The fly, small size 18 works well.silver body,Small black hackel.Method---Cast 45 degrees into the wind,reel just enough to take up the slack,not enough to move the bobber.Of course you can try any fly.Now your flys are well out there,beyond normal casting distance.If you want to use a float indicator,take off your two fly rig, place the bottom fly ahead of the bobber at desired depth, and a small strike indicator,bright orange just next to the float.
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Old 06-03-2019, 06:10 AM
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Thanx,
Nobody would ever have thought of that.
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Old 06-03-2019, 11:04 AM
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Nope, still not "fly fishing"!
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Old 06-03-2019, 11:22 AM
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Thanx,
Nobody would ever have thought of that.
Always there to help,like to see people catch trout,Seen many times the non skilled with fly rod guy go home with there limid of big trout--matter of fact this is mostly the way the tidal ponds are fished in nfld,The regular fly rods just dont have the range--A world record rainbow trout was caught at witless bay pond this way--I think the record now has gone to Argentina.
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Nope, still not "fly fishing"!
Call it what you like,its about catching trout,not everyone,has the time or resoures,to become skilled with a fly rod,This is for the person with a mickey mouse spin rod who wants to take home some trout to eat---from our fish out ponds.
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Old 06-03-2019, 12:16 PM
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Good on you. It may not technically be fly fishing but I don't care. Your catching, your a hero
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Old 06-03-2019, 08:05 PM
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Good on you. It may not technically be fly fishing but I don't care. Your catching, your a hero
Some corrections here: You're catching, you're a hero.

Just in case you thought the grammar police were sleeping...
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Old 06-04-2019, 01:00 PM
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Yes I'll call it exactly what it is, as should you!!

"Fishing a fly with a spin casting rod"!

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Call it what you like,its about catching trout,not everyone,has the time or resoures,to become skilled with a fly rod,This is for the person with a mickey mouse spin rod who wants to take home some trout to eat---from our fish out ponds.
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Old 06-06-2019, 10:15 PM
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to the naysayers... fishing with a spincast outfit, float and fly still requires technique and skill. And hooking the fish with "flies".

Fly fishermen/women and spincast anglers don't want to bicker like the bowhunters vs. rifle hunters.
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Old 06-07-2019, 12:23 PM
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Some corrections here: You're catching, you're a hero.

Just in case you thought the grammar police were sleeping...
Will someone please think of the children!

Probably a good thing I do not have any children. I would hate to past on bad grammar that looks carrot when typed but is actually inn-correct. Your write!
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Old 06-07-2019, 12:46 PM
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Nope, still not "fly fishing"!
HERE WE GO!!!!...It is fly fishing until you put worm or maggot on a fly
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Old 06-07-2019, 01:26 PM
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Cool idea!

I used my flies with my spincast combo in a similar fashion before I finally got a fly rod.
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Old 06-07-2019, 02:39 PM
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Throw you all for a loop.When I was a kid we would fish the crowsnest with a fly rod and a panther Martin on it with maggots.So what would will call that lol the panther Martin usually had a treble with fly material on it. So it’s a 50/50 split then right?
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Old 06-07-2019, 05:27 PM
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Throw you all for a loop.When I was a kid we would fish the crowsnest with a fly rod and a panther Martin on it with maggots.So what would will call that lol the panther Martin usually had a treble with fly material on it. So it’s a 50/50 split then right?
The purists would call it an abomination but hey, you were just a kid.
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Old 06-07-2019, 05:50 PM
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"an abomination"

Perfect!
That's going to be my "goto" for replies to many, many deserving threads/posts.

Thank you.
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Old 06-07-2019, 05:57 PM
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I thought they called this style of fishing trolling
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Old 06-07-2019, 06:18 PM
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I call it spin fishing with a fly, but I also call it a lot of fun, taught my friends daughter this method. An excellent technique in the spring on the small lakes around Cranbrook. Casting from shore with a tear drop float, 3 feet of leader and a Doc Spratley.
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Old 06-07-2019, 06:27 PM
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The purists would call it an abomination but hey, you were just a kid.
Funny thing is I am a purist and have been for a long time.Believe it or not it worked really good.
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Old 06-08-2019, 11:23 AM
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Speaking of abominations I have caught lots of trout trolling a small flatfish on the flyrod, it sometimes works when all else fails,
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Old 06-08-2019, 11:31 AM
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At the end of the day, many so called flies are really lures. Cloisters are jigs for example.
However you present the fly/lure is up to you unless the regulations require the use of fly fishing equipment only. The Cowichan River on Vancouver Island is gear restricted to fly gear only.
This regulation is:
fly fishing ... angling with a line to which only
an artificial fly is attached (floats, sinkers, or attracting devices may not be attached to the line when fishing is restricted to "fly fishing only”).

So no bobbers, droppers, lead/tungsten shot.

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Old 06-08-2019, 06:44 PM
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At the end of the day, many so called flies are really lures. Cloisters are jigs for example.
However you present the fly/lure is up to you unless the regulations require the use of fly fishing equipment only. The Cowichan River on Vancouver Island is gear restricted to fly gear only.
This regulation is:
fly fishing ... angling with a line to which only
an artificial fly is attached (floats, sinkers, or attracting devices may not be attached to the line when fishing is restricted to "fly fishing only”).

So no bobbers, droppers, lead/tungsten shot.

Don
So no indicators? OMG
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Old 06-09-2019, 07:16 AM
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So no indicators? OMG
I know, I know. Fished there once for trout. Was truly tough. All the low life Alberta tactics were illegal.
I was throughly challenged figuring out how to fly fish.
I was not successful.


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Old 06-09-2019, 07:51 AM
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Nope, still not "fly fishing"!
Fishing with a fly......fly fishing......or is it fishing with a fly?



Either way use to toss out a bobber with about six feet of line to a fly and slow retrieve.....bobber fishing with a fly.....trout for supper!
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Old 06-09-2019, 11:18 AM
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Fly fishing guys using split shot,swivels and droppers. Sounds alot like a small pickerel rig to me.
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Old 06-09-2019, 03:14 PM
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I like this method as well. My set up is slightly different than yours. I use balsa slip bobbers with slight modification. I drill them on one side and glue weight so
they float on they one side. Paint bottom side black and portion that is above water line with high vis paint. I'm using small swivel between main and leader line and just above the swivel I put couple of rubber stops so I can control total leader length. Bobber is free to move towards rod. You have to keep tension on the line anyway but when fish strikes she does not feel tension of the weight of the bobber. With this method I can cast long distance and don't need much room around me.
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Old 06-09-2019, 08:31 PM
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This is not fly fishing, its the same as casting with lures/spinners except your using a bobber and a fly.
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Old 06-10-2019, 07:05 AM
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This is not fly fishing, its the same as casting with lures/spinners except your using a bobber and a fly.
I agree. With one cast you can get your lure where you want it to be and final effect is the same as with fly rod - you catch fish.
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Old 06-10-2019, 08:10 AM
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At the end of the day, many so called flies are really lures. Cloisters are jigs for example.
However you present the fly/lure is up to you unless the regulations require the use of fly fishing equipment only. The Cowichan River on Vancouver Island is gear restricted to fly gear only.
This regulation is:
fly fishing ... angling with a line to which only
an artificial fly is attached (floats, sinkers, or attracting devices may not be attached to the line when fishing is restricted to "fly fishing only”).

So no bobbers, droppers, lead/tungsten shot.

Don
Please post an image of a Cloister fly all I can find is pictures of Monastery's
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Old 06-10-2019, 08:24 AM
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Please post an image of a Cloister fly all I can find is pictures of Monastery's
The iPad does it again. I had to reread your comment to get what your point may have been..
In the event you have no idea what a Clouser really is, try this.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clouser_Deep_Minnow

However a Clauset, clouser or whatever the iPad calls it is still a jig or is that jug.

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