At 02:29 PM 11/1/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Another question for you all.
>
>I am reading Deke Meyer's book on advanced steelhead fishing and in the
>nymphing section he states that in WA fly fishing only areas the use of
>weight on your leader is illegal. I hate to say it but if this is true
>then I am guilty of breaking this rule on the stilly. Until I hear this
>is false I will not be doing it again. I am kicking myself for not
>reading the rules more closely....
>
>There are a few pools though that I cannot reach bottom with my 7 i.p.s.
>sinktip. I used to use weight in these situations but it seems like that
>is now a no-no (at least on the stilly). So if anyone is willing to
>share I am interested how you tackle this problem. As always I
>appreciate the advice and without the help of this board I would have
>given up trying to fly fish a long time ago.
>
>-sean
>
Hi Sean
As I understand the regs, you can use a weighted fly but you can't
add weight external to the fly.....so if you tie your own, put a layer
or two of lead on the shank of the fly. That's what I do with my
wooly buggers. If the pattern you want to use works best unweighted, use
a heavily weighted fly as your sinker (that's what I use my big stone fly
nymphs for) and drop the unweighted fly off the bend of the hook.
If this is bending the Washington regs, I'm sure someone will let me
know.
Jim Jones
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