If you want to get down to the fish, do what was mentioned earlier. Just Tie up a
small size 6 or 8 hook with as much lead as you need. then tie on a few turns of cheap
dubbing. Presto. I don't think this method is against the law.
I don't know to many game wardens that are gonna give Flyfishing ppl a hard time. I
was at Rocky ford once. Caught a nice fish up by the first Hathery, about 5 minutes
later a Game Warden Pulls up real fast and comes down to check my hook for barbs and
bait. After he realized I was Ok He began to tell me how he has a spotting scope on
the farside of that hill. He nails alot of the locals catching fish on bait. Was
nice to see some enforcement. Just scary, Thought maybe I was doing something wrong,
and had maybe read the regs. wrong.
Justin
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 10:03:37 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have always wondered why Washington bans attaching weight to leaders in
>flyfishing only areas. I used to think it was to reduce the risk of snagging
>or to discourage intentional snagging. However, large weighted flies seem to
>be the illegal snaggers preferred M.O. and that rig is legal.
> The problem is when you need to get a tiny fly down quickly. You
>can't add weight directly to the fly without severely impairing it's action.
>Most states do not have this restriction on their flyfishing only waters, I'd
>be very interested in comments on this subject. My suspicion is this is a
>carryover from a time when even weighted flies were illegal. A little like
>the noon opener for pheasant season. One day someone asked why do we have
>this rule? No one could figure out why so they dropped the regulation.
>Terry Whitworth
>
>
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