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Outside the back of my house, there is a large narrow bay, about 3
miles long from headwater to mouth. Its tidal, and at low tide a long gravel spit is exposed that runs diagonally out towards the center of the channel. It is above waterline, or submerged shallow enough to allow me to walk out to the far end and have 270degrees of casting for several hours at slack low tide. In fact, you can clearly see the spit and the barrier reef on Google.earth!! Put the pointer on these coordinates: 22deg 14' 25.57" E 114deg 13' 28.70E The deepest part of the bay is on the far side of the bay from the spit, and I see local fisherman casting nets there regularly. I also see fairly good sized fish (20-30 inches) leaping clear of the water, obviously attacking baitballs of some small feeder fish that also leap clear in schools. I can't come even close to casting over where those fish rise, but there is another channel closer to the spit, right off the tip of it. Unfortunately, the structure of the floor of the bay makes for a unique challenge. There is a fairly deep water off the point of the spit, sort of a 'moat', and it fishable water, but only for 10-15 feet, and then theres a shallow barrier ridge right in the way of casting towards the deeper, fishy water. The water over this barrier ridge is only a few feet deep, but the moat prevents me from wading out to cast from it. I can cast to the deep water, over the ridge, but I have to let my fly sink to properly fish the deep water. But on the retrieve, I keep snagging the ridge and losing my fly and tippet. I've tried letting it sink, then doing a fast retrieve to get it over the ridge, then letting it sink again in the closer channel, but every 10th cast or so, I misjudge and it snags again. I'm using a medium rate sink-tip, but have considered changing to a floating line with a sinking leader, or even a floating line with a weighted fly. But I remember not having any luck with that setup at the Baltic clave, as the fly doesn't really get below the surface enough. Any suggestions on how to fish over this barrier ridge? --riverman |
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![]() "riverman" schrieb im Newsbeitrag oups.com... SNIP Any suggestions on how to fish over this barrier ridge? --riverman Try a floating fly, like a booby, gurgler, muddler, etc, on a sinking line, and a short tippet. Make sure your flyline/leader joints are smooth. For more distance, a sbirulino would be ideal here. TL MC |
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Oops, typo. The coordinates should read:
22deg 14' 25.57" NORTH 114deg 13' 28.70" East |
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"riverman" wrote:
... snip ... Any suggestions on how to fish over this barrier ridge? --riverman I think presuming the floating line and lightly weighted or even floating fly won't work is a bad plan. Try it, try a Miyawaki Beach Popper home.att.net/~ieffc/FlyLeaf04Oct.pdf has a drawing and tying instructions. It's a great pattern, the main problem is that fish hit at it, so you have to not set the hook, but wait until you feel them pulling before you set the hook. I had a silver in Alaska rub his cheek on the fly, back off a bit, then come up and inhale it. Maddening to wait, but so much better than no strikes. Chas remove fly fish to e mail directly |
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