On Mar 4, 4:40*pm, Bob wrote:
On Mar 4, 7:39*am, Bob wrote:









Hi,

Won't be able to get out for a few weeks yet, but was thinking a bit ahead.

I may do some early fishing from a rowboat, and, frankly, have never
liked using a flyrod off the boat. *Always results in rod dings no
matter how careful I am.

So, have mainly use a spinning rod and the typical spinning lures from
the boat, and the flyrods from shore.

Question: *how would one rig a spinning setup to be able to cast, e.g..,
size 6 or so, flies with a spinning rod ?

A small weight a bit up from the fly, or a dropper with a weight, or ....?

Practical at all, or, forget it, and just crank out the flyrod again ?

Thanks,
Bob

When my granddaughters (ages 3 & 5) were visiting last summer I rigged
them up with Barbie rods with closed face spinning reels and a bubble
( like Dave describes). About 18" below the bubble, I tied on size 16
bead head nymphs (GRHE & PT). Using that set up,each of them caught
more trout than the ten or so (mostly adults) other fisher people
combined at the pay to fish pond I took them to. So yes usng a fly
with spinning rod can be very effective.

When we give out flies at tying demonstrations, that's the rig we
recommend. Most of the bubbles are clear with rubber tube inside.
Frank Reid