In August, fly fishing in the Sierra is at its best. July, Aug and Sept is
when the dry flies are prominent if not dominant. There are a lot of
people who use a float as weight for casting the spinning rod , and tie a
dry fly on as "bait".

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"Mike Jenkins" wrote in message
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Hi, I'm planning on a little trip to the Sierras in late August. I haven't
fished much lately, and I would like to take up fly fishing. Considering
the
investment in fly gear and the time learning the craft, I'm thinking of
taking a small spinning outfit to fish the streams for trout.

When I was a kid, we'd go to the Sierras and stream fish with 4# test,a
split shot or two,#18 treble hooks and salmon eggs. We did pretty well.

Bait fishing doesn't do it for me. I'd like some recommendations on small
spinning lures to use in the streams and maybe a river or lake or two. I
know some streams are barbless hooks and c&r only, so I need to keep that
in
mind as well.

Thanks for your help, mj