I troll with a 5 weight nine ft fly rod (St Croix) that was converted to a casting/trolling setup. I use mostly my hand tied trolling flies but have used small lures (Rainbow Runners in Flo Orange or Red, F3 Orange Rapalas,) The Eagle lake Trout hit the flies more often than not.
In the winter, I used a 8ft UL spinning rod and small (164/1/80 and 1/100) marabou or artic fox jigs in various colors. I have been known to dunk inflated nightcrawlers also These are the only trout I eat. I have an old 5-6w I use for Bass fishing and have loads of fun with it. Use mostly Leech patterns, rabbit zonkers and some hair bugs. For steelhead, I use a nine weight with floating line and Steelhead Streamers. For Blue Gill - firecrackers! A 3 weight or 6' UL spinning rod. For the local streams, I use my 1-2 weight or a 3 weght. Whatever works, - WORKS! Jim May your GOD be your fishing partner. EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VFB] Re: Chunking & Winding vs Fly Fishing - Food for thought > Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:19:31 -0700 > > > JimmyD et al, > > Being a bow hunter (long time ago), I often chose to do thing the 'hard way' > to make it more challenging. Some bowhunters shoot from blinds at game 20' > feet away. Why take up a challenge and then make it easy? And I also > gun-hunt and prefer to stalk. Flyfishing for billfish is like bowhunting > for bull elk or bear. An added amount of challenge plus a little danger to > the pursuer from the pursuee adds to the adrenaline rush. Billfish will > attack the boat, and if they were smarter, they'd aim at the fisherman. > > I do eat my catch and my kills, with fish on occasion. I love the taste of > lake-raised trout, and will eat all of them. River trout I let go. Little > bitty creek brookies go well with hash-browns in the morning. > > DonO > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:02 PM > Subject: [VFB] Chunking & Winding vs Fly Fishing - Food for thought > > > > > > I posed the following about C&W vs Fly Fishing to the VFB in 2002. Tho't > > I'd post again, seeing as how we have severall new members on our list > > since then. > > > > JIMMY D > > > > Too me, the generalization that fly fishers are looked upon as a tweedy, > > pipe smoking, creel carrying and snobbish angler is completely off base. > > Many of us fly fishers perceive this to be the way we are viewed by > > others who prefer to catch their quary by a different means. Sure, some > > of the bearded "chunking & winding" good ole boy bass hunters in their > > $30,000 bass boats feel that way about us, but I don't think the average > > C&W guy is all that different from us fly fishers. I have many friends > > who are among that fishing fraternity, and have found them more "curious" > > about my fly fishing and how I do it, than looking down their nose at me. > > Maybe it's because I still own my big bass boat, have a beard, drink a few > > beers and still chunk and wind on occasion. > > > > I've converted more than one "good ole boy" bass fisherman to fly > > fishing. All it takes is a good size bass on a 4 wt. or a bull > > bluegill an a 2 wt. Their first remark after is,"When are you going to > > take me trout fishing?" Each September for the last 12 years, I've > > taken a few close friends to New Mexico for a week-long trout expedition. > > Some of them still do a lot of C&W, but the highlight of their fishing > > year is the NM trip for browns, bows and cutts using little "flea rods" > > that I built for them. You recon that we fly fishers have been looking > > down our collective noses at the C&W guy. Kind of like the Pheasant hunter > > looking down his nose at the Coon hunter. ;~)) Two completely different > > types of hunting, but hunting just the same. > > > > How many of you still do some C&W? Awww, comon - fess up! > > > > Have A Great Day > > > > JIMMY D. Moore > > "I FISH BECAUSE I MUST! More importantly, I fish because > > my Dad taught me!" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
