10-12-2012, 10:07 PM
This is a moment of weakness. It's tough for me to avoid my passion for fly tying. I put all of my fly fishing and fly tying supplies away in my quest to expand my fishing experience this year with a full range of spinning rods and reels and lures from huge swim bait to just recently the ultra lights which I've been trying to practice cast with two pound test line on an ultra light spinning rod and reel.
In doing so (and perhaps I need to change or improve my casting technique), I've been thinking these ultra light lures overlap into the realm of flies at least by weight and might be better cast with fly fishing equipment. New to ultra light spinning rods and reels, I'm wondering if it is overlapping with fly fishing. Comments invited.
But, since I bought the equipment and I'm learning it, I seek to improve my abilities with it and I'm tempted to further get into the overlap by getting out my fly tying supplies just briefly to tie some of these patterns that are working.
Perhaps some raining day (what's that matter, the fish are already wet! And how's fishing on a raining day?), some of should get together with flies that are working and clues and hunches and design versions to test that combine characteristics that work or maybe just subtle changes like size or bulk or color and then we can test them and report back on the results.
Comments are invited on that and should we organize a get together for that, then I'll bring my fly tying supplies and we can make experimental samples for us to test.
But, other than that brief diversion I'll need to be strong and keep my fly fishing gear put away while I continue with learning the new equipment and fishing methods.
Back to our subject, the picture is Mantua Reservoir on May 12, 2012 that I provide should it be useful to compare water levels to now. I have many other pictures and can post one that can be selected to compare to a more recent one. This is the beach adjacent to boat dock and launch not seen in this photograph which shows the start of the flooded trees where I was fishing and caught a huge large mouth bass (the day after http://www.bigfishtackle.com/...l;username=scartinez caught a bass there with a Cabela's tag. See his post at this link: http://www.bigfishtackle.com/...? post=744780;#744780)
Ronald
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In doing so (and perhaps I need to change or improve my casting technique), I've been thinking these ultra light lures overlap into the realm of flies at least by weight and might be better cast with fly fishing equipment. New to ultra light spinning rods and reels, I'm wondering if it is overlapping with fly fishing. Comments invited.
But, since I bought the equipment and I'm learning it, I seek to improve my abilities with it and I'm tempted to further get into the overlap by getting out my fly tying supplies just briefly to tie some of these patterns that are working.
Perhaps some raining day (what's that matter, the fish are already wet! And how's fishing on a raining day?), some of should get together with flies that are working and clues and hunches and design versions to test that combine characteristics that work or maybe just subtle changes like size or bulk or color and then we can test them and report back on the results.
Comments are invited on that and should we organize a get together for that, then I'll bring my fly tying supplies and we can make experimental samples for us to test.
But, other than that brief diversion I'll need to be strong and keep my fly fishing gear put away while I continue with learning the new equipment and fishing methods.
Back to our subject, the picture is Mantua Reservoir on May 12, 2012 that I provide should it be useful to compare water levels to now. I have many other pictures and can post one that can be selected to compare to a more recent one. This is the beach adjacent to boat dock and launch not seen in this photograph which shows the start of the flooded trees where I was fishing and caught a huge large mouth bass (the day after http://www.bigfishtackle.com/...l;username=scartinez caught a bass there with a Cabela's tag. See his post at this link: http://www.bigfishtackle.com/...? post=744780;#744780)
Ronald
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