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| 1175.1 | Not a great match IMHO | SA1794::CUZZONES | | Fri Jun 23 1989 13:41 | 14 |
| Dave,
I've tried it when I'm bored. I think the biggest disadvantage
I haven't overcome is the splash the bubble makes when it hits the
water. I'm not used to casting upstream and drifting over exactly
the right spot. Too often, I've given up on the bubble/dry fly
and caught smallmouth on bigger lures placed to the same spots.
Best luck I've had is with fallfish/chub. Of course I don't know
sh*t about fly selection etc. Like I said ... when I'm bored.
I think if you want to flyfish, you ought to do it right. It's
nice to have another weapon in your arsenal but there's a lot to
be said for doing just a few things well.
-SSS-
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| 1175.2 | It's functional... | RIPPLE::CORBETTKE | KENNY CHINOOK | Fri Jun 23 1989 19:00 | 16 |
| Dave,
I use it a lot. Sometimes around here (Oregon), access to the holes
on the other side of the river is very difficult. i.e. one road
which tends to stay on one side of the river and the only access
to the other side is from several miles away through the timber.
This tends to limit the ability of a person with a fly rod with
no weight on it. So, when the cadfly's and mayfly's are hatching,
this method allows you reach the other side of some of these streams
and hit those good looking holes that always seem to be out of reach.
Most purists are a pain in the *ss anyway.
Ken
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| 1175.3 | Best for Lakes/Ponds | SAVVY::LUCIA | He's dead, Jim | Wed Jun 28 1989 14:15 | 16 |
| The presentation of a fly via fly equipment is much more appropriate, especially
in rivers or streams when casting to specific holes. I have caught more trout
in ponds/lakes using flies on a spinning rod than all other methods combined.
It is quite a deadly combination, especially on ponds where you cannot use a
flyrod, either for lack of waders, or to many trees for a good back cast. If
you use 4lb test and a medium sized bubble, you can cast the fly from here to
kingdom come. In particular, while in college, there is a pond in Amherst MA
which (Puffer's Pond) has a corner by a waterfall. The owner of the property
does not allow fishing and it drops off to quickly to wade. I've case from
100-150' with the spinning rod to catch some nice browns rising in his corner.
I prefer the flyrod where appropriate, but I'll certainly use the spinning
equipment almost as easily.
Tim
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| 1175.4 | How 'Bout Some "Bubbly" Info... | CLSTR1::VARLEY | | Wed Jun 28 1989 15:47 | 6 |
| What's the best way to rig a "bubble" with flies ? Do you tie the
running line to one end and a leader to the other ? How much leader,
and what # test? If you fish "wets", do you retrieve 'em, and if
so, how?
--The Skoal bandit
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| 1175.5 | Can't tie to my bubble | EPOCH::JOHNSON | Rule #6: There is no rule #6. | Wed Jun 28 1989 17:19 | 9 |
| My bubble ("Adjust-a-bubble", I think) is designed so the line passes right
through, from one end of the bubble to the other, through a length of surgical
tubing. When twisted, the tubing firmly grasps the line without damaging it.
I usually make up about a six-foot 'leader' out of the same line I have on the
spool, tie a surgeon's loop on one end, slip the bubble (tapered end first)
over the other end almost to the loop, and then tie a fly on the other end with
a Buckley (I think) figure-eight knot. I then attach the loop to the snap on
the end of my spool line and I'm off!
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| 1175.6 | | SAVVY::LUCIA | He's dead, Jim | Wed Jun 28 1989 18:06 | 3 |
| Fill the bubble full for under the surface. Not quite full for on the surface.
retrieve slowly, stopping now and then to let the fly sink.
/Tim
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| 1175.7 | That's SPINN-FLY, the deadly weapon! | HSKAPL::AALTO | Erkki Aalto @FNO A&L Portfolio | Tue Oct 03 1989 08:34 | 17 |
| SPINN-FLY it's called here over the "puddle" and it has had a great
success in recent years. Casting with more or less water filled
plastic bubble has been around for several years but the real hot
stuff is using spinning gear with weight on the line and a salmon
fly in the end. Most used fly types are tube, streamer and spuddler.
The idea is to get your fly in those sheltered holes where salmon/
trout are resting when water is running high and you can't reach
them with traditional flygear. Flylines -however fast sinking they
are- tend to move along with water too fast, thus the much thinner
spinning line has much less resistance and can be manouvered easily.
And of course you don't need the backcast space.
Try it you'll like it, and get some fish on the side!
Eki
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