Alan: I suspect that is not the same in a relatively cool British Columbia as it is in a warm/hot Arizona. Bass are a warm water fish and there is no warm water in BC. I have never fished for bass outside BC. Our waters are cold which makes the bass less active. I have used small fly poppers, but all that I have caught were a few crappie. I fly fish more than 98% of the time. You are missing the point that I like to use the tackle associated with bass and other fishing. There is a skill attached to using, for example, a direct drive handles turning baitcast reel such as a Pfleuger Akron. I used to be able to cast well directly from a centrepin reel and I derive pleasure from doing that. In fact, I still have a Hardy super silex. It is just using the tackle that I enjoy. Fish are a bonus although highly desirable.
Only 10 fly rods? > Neville (Nev) Gosling > Greater Vancouver > British Columbia, Canada On 2012-01-28, at 12:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Neville: > > I prefer to fish for bass here in Arizona. Both the largemouth, that we have > down in Phoenix and the smallmouth up north on the Indian Reservation, > because they fight so much harder. > I only use FF rods and reels to fish for bass. If you haven’t used FF gear > for them , you are missing out on a bunch of fun. > I have sinking line as well as different sink rates of sink tips. That is > where you’ll catch the most bass. > > I still have all my old conventional gear but have not used it in years. Even > when I take my grandkids fishing I bring my fly gear. > I plan on teaching them this year. I do have some small rods and reels. > > I promised myself that when I got into fly fishing, that I would not start > buying too much FF gear.....so much for that idea. > I now have 10 fly rods. > > Thank You, > Alan Di Somma > -- 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
