"Mike" wrote in message
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Small Panther Martins


On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 20:33:01 GMT, "Mike Jenkins"
wrote:

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

There are a number of options. The first one that came to mind to me was to
try a float and fly arrangement on your spinning rod. Basically you put a
float of some kind on your line. I think the clear plastic bubbles that you
fill partially with water and then stopper work well for this. then tie a
dry or wet fly on the end of your line. Set the float at the distance you
want for dry or depth for wet that you want to try and cast away. If using
a dry fly this way then I suggest that you spray the fly with some type of
floatant / water repellant as you will not be able to dry the fly by false
casting as with regular fly fishing tackle.

Of course as the previous poster suggested small inline spinner like Panther
Martins, Rooster Tails, and Mepps may be just the ticket.

Bob
www.YumaBassMan.com