21-02-2007, 05:49 PM
Hi mike, I assume you know that you'll need special fly casting gear, and probably lessons to learn to cast the damn things (I have tried a few, I don't think fly fishing's for me) <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' /> But there are a few ways you can fish with flies using normal threadline (spin) tackle.
You can fish the flies under a bubble float in small streams for trout - this might work in the salt too. It's not as good as fishing them on a fly rod (since you have the weight of the bubble float which hinders presentation) but it can work.
I have caught salmon in the surf on flies, using a conventional paternoster rig with the fly on a dropper above the sinker. But (in my opinion) you can put anything on this rig and catch salmon in the surf whe they're 'on' - surf poppers, flies and soft plastics all seem to work.
Another way you can fish flies on conventional tackle is to fish them on a leader which is tied onto the treble hook of a normal lure - the fly will run behind the lure, and if the lure has a good action the fly will benefit from this too. I've seen some good trout taken trolling in lakes using this rig - the trout come in to investigate the vibration of the lure, but often hit to fly trailing behind in preference.
I just knocked up a picture in Powerpoint to try and explain these a bit better, lol it's terrible!
You can fish the flies under a bubble float in small streams for trout - this might work in the salt too. It's not as good as fishing them on a fly rod (since you have the weight of the bubble float which hinders presentation) but it can work.
I have caught salmon in the surf on flies, using a conventional paternoster rig with the fly on a dropper above the sinker. But (in my opinion) you can put anything on this rig and catch salmon in the surf whe they're 'on' - surf poppers, flies and soft plastics all seem to work.
Another way you can fish flies on conventional tackle is to fish them on a leader which is tied onto the treble hook of a normal lure - the fly will run behind the lure, and if the lure has a good action the fly will benefit from this too. I've seen some good trout taken trolling in lakes using this rig - the trout come in to investigate the vibration of the lure, but often hit to fly trailing behind in preference.
I just knocked up a picture in Powerpoint to try and explain these a bit better, lol it's terrible!