On Saturday 12 June 2004 07:05 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is so wrong with using flies tied on jig hooks?It seems like we have > all kinds of ideas, but none of them include the actual use of jigs. I > personally have several flies tied on jigs. I use 1/100th and 1/80 ounce on > my 6'6" 3 wgt. and have no problems casting them. I also have some 1/64 th > ounce that I use with my 7 wgt. I see nothing wrong with using an item that > is not a "standard" in the fly fishing world. Kevin
Out this way, on the wet side of the of Washington, poachers are known to use jigs on the end of a fly line to catch steelhead in fly fishing waters. Jigs and bobbers have become well known for steelhead spin and casting fishermen to use. They are very effecient at catching fish. Its now illegal on that river (North Fork Stillaguamish) to use weighted flies, to block the use of jigs. Consequently jigs on a fly rod makes me quite upset about poaching, and proper fly fishing. Rob -- One reason Paul caught more fish than anyone else was that he had his flies in the water more than anyone else. "Brother," he would say, "there are�no flying fish in Montana. Out here, you can't catch fish with your flies in the air." "A River Runs Through It"
