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Old June 14th, 2004, 10:01 PM
Salmo Bytes
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Default fly alternatives to lures?

Steve Sullivan wrote in message ...
What are some good flies to use to imitate blue/silver Mepps #5 and
Blue Fox #6 spinners? That is what is catching salmon on the feather,
also what are some good salmon flies?


You can fish a spinner blade with a flyrod.
The trick is making one light enough to cast with a flyrod.
Lure making supply shops (there are many online) now
sell a plastic clevis. This is a short, thin-diameter plastic tube
with a U-shaped plastic clip on it. You can attach a lightweight
Colorado spinner blade to the plastic clevis, thread the plastic
clevis onto a 1x or 2x flourocarbon tippet, and then thread a
plasic bead onto the tippet and then attach any wet fly you want
to fish with. You now have a wet fly with a spinner blade in front, that
is indeed light enough to cast with a flyrod....works particularly
well for me during runnoff--when the rivers are muddy and I can't
catch fish with traditional flies.