A couple WDFW officers stopped by Rocky Ford Creek early this year while I happened to be there. They gave tickets to a number of anglers for having barbs on their hooks, not having licenses, using lead on their leaders, etc. When my buddies and I asked them about the flyfishing only regs (since the wording is not very explicit on the use of multiple flies) they pointed out that the verbage reads "...only the following tackle: A FLY with a single barbless hook..." meaning only one fly (a fly) can be used in flyfishing only waters. They did not, however, give tickets to people using droppers - which would have been a great number of the anglers at the Ford, myself included, since they said that the restriction to a single fly was so obscure in the regulations. I was certainly surprised to learn about it and it was my first issue with lack of clarity int the sport fishing rules.
Sink tip lines are not in violation since the verbage is "...weight ATTACHED to the leader or line..." whereas sinktip and other sinking lines CONTAIN the weight. I expect that Rio interchangeable tip systems are also fine (but I am not an attorney, so don't quote me on that ;-) The Selective Gear Rules definition reads "Only unscented artificial flies or lures with one barbless single hook are allowed..." - note FLIES and LURES - so multiple flies and lures are allowed as long as each only has one barbless single hook... so droppers are fine, as is adding weight to leader or line. The WDFW rules could certainly use some work - agreed. Hope that helps! -tight lines- -Jim Speaker > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Stouppe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 8:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Another Regulation Question > > I have a question for those who know the fishing regs. > > In an area designated "Fly Fishing Only", can an angler: > > use 2 flies such as a dry with a nymph dropper? Some fly shops tell me yes > and some tell me no. I can not determine which is correct from reading the > pamphlet. > > use a sinktip fly line? Does the sink tip count as "weight on the fly > line"? If a sinktip fly line is legal, does it make any difference if I > use a standard one-piece sink tip vs. a Rio fly line with interchangeable > tips? > > In an area designated "Selective Gear Rules", can an angler: > > use 2 flies such as a dry with a nymph dropper? This one seems a clear NO > than the Fly Fishing Only regs but I threw it in anyway. > > I vote for a total rewrite of the regs to make them clearer. > > Andy S.
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