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Special Interest => Fly Fishing => Topic started by: bushwacker on October 15, 2012, 10:20:39 PM

Title: Fly fishing fun
Post by: bushwacker on October 15, 2012, 10:20:39 PM
Had a few hrs to kill waiting for a landowner to get home so had a fish in a dam and camp up with 2 Leo's 1 bass and 2 yella's,
Not huge but should have been 4 yella's but apparrently when they hit a fly they snap 8lb tippet like cotton.

Best fun i have had in ages

 ;D

Steve
Title: Re: Fly fishing fun
Post by: Muzfox on October 16, 2012, 12:35:23 PM
That's very cool mate  :youbeauty

Intersting looking fly there, guess it's a sinker with the dumbell eyes. How'd you fish it?
Title: Re: Fly fishing fun
Post by: bushwacker on October 16, 2012, 01:14:54 PM
My favorite fly I was counting to 4 then short jabs with the odd longer strip, they hit pretty hard and even had a hit on that popper you showed me :youbeauty

That fly is just something i made with small dumbell eyes for a more in their face approach and always outfishes any flys i have in my box so usually carry 5 or 6
Title: Re: Fly fishing fun
Post by: Novice on October 16, 2012, 03:47:30 PM


Best fun i have had in ages

 ;D

Steve

Has it been ages since we took you cod fishing?

Only a month and a half until the closed season lifts mate.

Cheers,
Dave.
Title: Re: Fly fishing fun
Post by: bushwacker on October 16, 2012, 04:14:07 PM
great now you have got the green flowing again.....

Somehow i think i will have more chances than you this year mate  :P

Im keen
Title: Re: Fly fishing fun
Post by: NormGood on October 17, 2012, 03:54:22 PM
Gotta love unexpected moments Steve, good stuff.  A mate fishes those sparse flies for Bass too with good success. Do you tie on a X-long streamer hook?

Norm (STILL haven't caught a Yella on fly)


Title: Re: Fly fishing fun
Post by: bushwacker on October 17, 2012, 05:52:39 PM
Gotta love unexpected moments Steve, good stuff.  A mate fishes those sparse flies for Bass too with good success. Do you tie on a X-long streamer hook?

Norm (STILL haven't caught a Yella on fly)

Norm i tie on a mustad size 6 R72 Long nymph hook to get the pointy end of the stick further back in the body of the fly
I have convinced myself it hooks a few more shorter strikes but its quite often down their gob

Cheers
Steve