I fish lough Corrib for trout but need to buy a new flyline any suggestions ....Corky
For loch fishing i use two types of fly line floating and intermediate, you can go as low down as a 5wt line, although during strong winds or when using a large lure move up to a 7or even 8wt, i assume your in the UK because its lough corrib, so i would recommend Grey's grxi line as its on offer at the moment by a company called FMTC, i used this company some time ago and they were good, the line is on sale at £22.99 and works out cheaper than anywhere else, and it comes with free backing and loops available here except its in WF only not DT
http://www.fmtc.co.uk/web_store.php?product=baleno%20clothing&referrer_id=FLY&cart_id=
Couldnt get a link direct to the line but its availabe under greys line.
Fly fishing a trout stream in WV
What do you know about fly lines and leaders using the new 3M L2L reconnect system!!
Need to know what is the right choice for all 4 of my rigs?
2, 4, 6 and 8 weight rods?
What line and leaders do I need for all the different presentations??
So many kinds of pole, rods, system..... How dose anyone knows what is best for their style of FLY FISHING?? Moreover dose it matter other than the fly and presentation?
I thought fishing for wild Californian trout was hard enough!! Trying to learn and understand what is truth verves…… Marketing, PR, and BS is far too hard for me!! Is anything true or really make any differences? What Fly rod and line i.e. balanced system is good for small trout on small rivers?
Were can one get info and find retailer near 92679 that has stock the all the L2L Reconnect leaders from 3M??
I tried the L2L system...............it lasted one trip.
Truthfully, I see no reason to use it. The tried and true nail knot to your flyline is (IMO) still the best way to go.
You can always put on a strike indicator of your choice when fishing nymphs. With the L2L system, the indicator (the connector) is always in the same place, by manually attacing an indicator, you can put it where it needs to be - general rule of thumb is one and a half the depth of the water you're fishing.
To answer one of your questions: "What fly rod and line i.e. balanced system is good for small trout on small rivers?"
a 7'6" or 8' medium/fast action rod - say a Sage 7'9" VTS 4wt
or a St. Croix 8' 4wt Triumph should fit the bill nicely. I reccomend Scientific Anglers GPX line. It is super slick, no memory and casts better than any flyline I've ever used. Usually a 9' leader tapered to 5x will handle any fly down to size 16. you can always tie on a piece of 6x or 7x tippet when going to size 18 or smaller dries or trim it back abit when using streamers and such.
Next question: "Need to know what is the right choice for all 4 of my rigs? 2, 4, 6 and 8 weight rods?"
The lighter the rod, the more delicate the presentation and the lighter the tippet should be. You'd be better off fishing your 2wt with tiny blue wings, midges and tricos with a 12 ft leader tapered to 7x tippet than using your 8wt rod.
A 4wt rod with a 9ft leader tapered to 5x will fill the bill for most trout fishing applications.
a 6wt rod with a 9ft leader tapered to 4x will work nicely on larger rivers using larger dries and streamers/nymphs/wooly-boogers.
Your 8 wt with a 9ft leader tapered to 3x should be used for steelhead or lake fishing for largemouth bass with big flies.
Next question: "How dose anyone knows what is best for their style of FLY FISHING?? Moreover dose it matter other than the fly and presentation?"
By trial and error. Yes, the choice of fly and the presentation is (of course) critical, but being able to read the water and knowing what is happening on the water while you are out fly fishing is even more critical. Meaning being: Is there a hatch?
What is hatching? Are they taking duns or emergers ? You have to look carefully at what's happening before you make a decision of what to tie on. Sometimes there are multiple hatches, just watch what the trout are doing before you start casting to them. And before you start casting, look at the stream: are there cross currents, will I have to mend, where is my drift going to go ? Figure it out and you'll put your fly over more fish.
Fly fishing is just as much about observing as it is about casting.
The truth is this: What works best for me, may not work best for you. Just because someone "said so" does not make it Gospel truth. There are many fine rods/reels/flylines to choose from, it comes down to pesonal preference and what works best for you.
I find that tieing my own leaders works best for me. I can always tie on thinner tippet, or trim back to heavier tippet.
Learning to tie a blood knot is not difficult. Always carry
a few spools ot tippet material with you so you can adjust to situations on the fly (pun intended).
I always learn the waters I am going to fish so I know what the hatches may be during that time of year. I generally take one
fly box of those flies that are likely to occur in wets, emergers,
duns and spinners as well as some attractor flies, nymphs and streamers. Your local flyshop will be able to help you
on your area stream's hatches.
Hope this helps and Tight Lines !
PS - Gander Mountain distributes L2L products
which is the better fly line. RIO Gold Trout Line(Floating). or Scientific Anglers Mastery GPX Taper Weight Forward Floating Fly Line?
Tough question. Might as well ask which is better -- Catholics or Lutherans? Personally, I gravitate toward Scientific Anglers. I have been using their products for a while and have watched their product lines evolve. However, there is a fellow here on Y!A whose handle is "RIO."
RIO, Scientific Anglers, and a few other companies are really duking it out for supremacy in the world of fly lines. Both of the lines you mention are at the same price point and they target anglers purchasing the high-middle (?) range of fly fishing products. They claim some of the same features -- welded loops, improved buoyancy, heavy forward weighting for more aggressive casting, etc. Both also come in a "neon" and "natural" color.
If you're planning to buy your line from a fly shop, you might ask the personnel there if any of them have these fly lines reeled up so you can try them. A few years ago I went to my fly shop to get some new fly line and one of the younger clerks was trying to up-sell me from the Scientific Anglers' "Professional" line to the "Mastery" line (same one that you're looking at). I didn't go for it until he pulled out a rod that had that very line on it. I was impressed enough with it to pay the extra $20 it cost me. Like I said, I have some brand loyalty to Scientific Anglers, but I'm pretty sure that if I bought a fly line at the same price point from a different company, it would get the job done. I don't want to tell you that your choice doesn't matter at all, but this will probably come down to personal preference...
is there also a fly/lure representation of an earthworm available? As a former coarse fishing angler I can imagine how, along with the maggot, they may be quite useful additions to my fly box if it were both available
And how would you fish them, on a floating line with a sunken leader/tippet, or very slowly retrieved on a sinking line?
it`s called the San Juan worm found at all your great fly shops
.http://www.orvis.com.
look in fly tying upper left, in orvis search, type in San Juan Worm
also a great maggot tie
take a #6 hook,
wrap it with brown thread from the eye down the shank about 2/3
tie in a small rubber band,
wrap the rubber band 2/3 down the hook,tie off
whipp finish
perfect maggot easy and cheap
I'm going fishing for trout in a pond later this week and i was wondering what to put on my line, like how should i rig it?
Its a pond so what do i do? Can I only fly fish?
I have a ton of fishing gear, i just dont know what type of things to bring with me fishing. Please help!
I use power bait and maybe worms....
power bait.... get a few colors - one might work great today and not tomorrow. My favorites...corn scent (yellow), yellow meal colored, chartruse, chartruse & white, and orange. Pink is so so....
size 14 or 16 gold or red treble hook, 1/8 oz egg sinker, size 12 barrel swivel and a leader either 2 or 4 lb test ( you'll have to experiment how long of a leader - I'd start with about 16 inches to 24 inches.
hook >>>>> leader >>> barrel swivel >>> egg sinker
or if that isn't working....I use night crawlers on a size 10 hook with no sinker - cast it out and let it sink and leave it there.
Lures.....
Mepps Black Fury size 0 or 1 one each with orange/black and yellow/black blades ( 4 total)
Kastmasters 1/12 oz gold / silver / silver w/ blue side
Fishing streams and small rivers mostly trout and salmon in Northeastern USA
I have 40yrds of fly-line and 150yrds of backing. Fly-fish the White River in Arkansas.
ON THE BRULE RIVER, Wis. -- Like great artwork continually in revision, this river has retained its graceful lines forever, while also changing -- if not its actual course, then its riffles and pools, colors and cadence.
Precisely because he appreciates such changes, and is drawn to them, Dave Zentner, of Duluth, Minn., loves rivers, the Brule in particular.
Come winter, he might be seen alongside it, on snowshoes. In summer, he paddles it in a canoe. And, as on a recent Wednesday, he fishes it whenever he can.
"There's a hen making her redd right there," Dave said, pointing his fly rod to a shallow spot, midstream in the Brule.
The day was atypically warm for late March, even hot, and we were looking for steelhead, migratory rainbow trout that live dual lives, for long periods swimming here in the Brule, while also, alternately, living in Lake Superior.
About 8,000 of these fish swam up the Brule last fall to over-winter in the river before spawning now, in spring, then returning to the big lake.
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