"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
news:Eclsc.7558$zE6.6723@lakeread06...
bill - no kidding? but, i thought we were talking about warmwater
fishing for largemouth... still, i have no doubt a good flyfisherman
will do well, and even on occasions catch more...i just believe, day in
and day out, a good spin or baitcaster will catch more largemouth.
during our smallmouth float on penns, wolfgang - who is a much better
fisherman than i - caught more small smallies on the flyrod than i did
on a spinning rod...but i caught almost as many as he did, and i
definitely caught the largest of the smallies that day.
jeff
Bill Curry wrote:
Hi,
Jeff -
Recently in SouthWestern Nova Scotia, where there is excellent smallie
fishing, several tournamnets have been won by fly rodders!!!
Bill
http://www.tightlines.ca
Hi,
There are no largemouth in Nova Scotia, so my experience with them is rather
limited - only on "out of Province" excursions, and even then I tend to
target trout, not bass, I must admit.
My point was simply that in tournament conditions up here, where presumably
one would be using the "best" method for catching the biggest and most
smallmouth, many people are now choosing to use fly fishing gear. I do not
participate in tournaments, preferring to fish on my own or I am out with
sports.
Tournaments aside, there are many locations in the Province which are, I
believe, better suited for fly fishing for smallies than for using
hardware - for one thing the lakes which get the most pressure, although
admittedly up here the pressure is much less than is likely to be seen below
the border, hold shallow water opportunities for a fly rodder in a canoe
simply because you can go where the bass boats don't.
I would also say that smallie fishing is a relatively new thing up here, and
so we are all learning - but one thing I've learned is that the TV show
methods certainly do not hold up for what we can do here. I can wade or use
a canoe (and soon will have a float tube to try) and catch all kinds of bass
in places where the trailed boat with all the gear (and weight) can't get
in. We also catch some very large bass, as big as I hear others catching, on
a fly rod - although I have never tried a direct "you fish with spinning
gear, I'll use fly rod" comparison.
Largemouth, it would appear from others comments, would be different?
Bill
http://www.tightlines.ca