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Post by mirvc17 on Aug 29, 2019 13:19:10 GMT -6
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Post by Smallfry on Aug 29, 2019 14:31:52 GMT -6
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Post by mirvc17 on Aug 29, 2019 15:25:38 GMT -6
Yep...small swivels can work... but then you might as well fish bait, and then lose sleep at night cuz you can’t call yourself a fly fisher anymore.  Just kidding, but really......... Just don’t fling cured shrimp bait with a fly rod like I saw this one guy at Eklutna Tailrace in Alaska...... |
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Post by jonbo on Aug 29, 2019 16:11:58 GMT -6
I can't tell if those are pretty cool or just too complicated. How are those stop-knots at the top and bottom of the rig done? Notice it seems to be a saltwater shrimp as the fly in the example. They're probably not using 5x-6x tippet.
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Post by glitchmo on Aug 29, 2019 17:29:09 GMT -6
I haven't not fished a worm with the fly rod...  I've never heard of anyone using droppers quite like that in saltwater. At most you'd do a popper/dropper with a big splashy fly and a shrimp pattern off the bend, but that's at least very uncommon. The other low-tech way to do this is just take a 12" piece of tippet, tie a loop in one end (perfection, surgeon's, etc...) then pass it through itself. Then tie on your dropper fly to the free end. That's actually how I usually do nymph rigs, when I do nymph rigs (almost never). |
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Post by Smallfry on Aug 29, 2019 19:31:38 GMT -6
Ugh, y'all, the last time I ever bought worms they were forgotten in the trunk of my car for two days in the middle of summer. Disgusting. Flies are for sure one of my favorite aspects of fly fishing.
No doubt about it, I would never make it as a fish. I'd fall for just about anything flashy.
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Post by jonbo on Sept 1, 2019 11:41:35 GMT -6
I overheard a salesman talking to another salesman in a mall. "Fish" is what they call us "consumers".
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