Peter Charles wrote:

On Mon, 24 May 2004 16:51:47 GMT, Steve
wrote:

[snipper-rooney]



Steve
Sebring, FL


I think I said that somewhere around here, once or twice before. Use
your flyrod like a baitcaster and the baitcasting guy will whup your
ass every time. Use it the way Nature intended and it'll be a
different story.

My point about models is that we fly guys persist in using the
baitcaster model when we go after LM and lake living SM. Time for a
better one.


What you and Steve are saying gives me something to think about
(especially now because I'll be hitting one of my local lakes for bass,
carp etc. until runoff is over).

What you say makes sense and I'm going to try and apply that philosophy
- trying to target those fish and situations where fly fishing is an
advantage rather than a disadvantage.


However, the problem I see is that there are many situations where fly
gear just isn't nearly as effective in getting to the fish ie. deep
fish, fish in heavy cover etc.

An experience I had a couple of Springs ago is a good example. There's a
shallow flat in my favorite local lake that floods in the Spring. In the
area, there's a stand of trees that end up in about three feet of water.
I was able to catch some bass fishing the edges of the trees and
was pretty please with the action. Then one day as I kicked my float
tube into the area, there was a guy fishing the flooded timber with
spinner baits that he threw back into the timber. He was slaying the
fish. He probably caught more bass in the half hour I watched him than I
had caught in a half a dozen trips. Unless I'm missing something,
there's no way for a fly fisherman to even get a fly into the area
where the fish were.

Willi