Help with nymph fishing

Ernie writes:

A mini jig is sort of like those
lead head lures you guys call nymphs.

I've never seen a "lead head" nymph, Ernie. I doubt it would work well in a
stream.
Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

George Cleveland writes:

Not the "best" way, just the most efficient. The best way would be on a 0
weight
rod with a small floating fly on a 12' leader with a 7x tippet. YMMV

I agree, but MM would have to have at least a 3 weight rod and 6x. You'd never
land a big salmon or a monster brookie on a 0 (1) weight. If, by some
extraordinary chance that you did, the fish would probably not survive the long
fight. A minute a pound.

I have fished a 2 weight with light tippet and dries to catch rat fish (small
{8 - 10 inch}) salmon from Paul Goodwin's Kiddy Pool.
Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

Charlie Choc writes:

The 'fly fishing' only waters I have fished were in Yellowstone and in
NC, and both define fly fishing as fishing with a fly regardless of
what type of rod/reel are used.

And?

On 06 Nov 2003 22:30:20 GMT, irate (Dave LaCourse)
wrote:

Charlie Choc writes:

The 'fly fishing' only waters I have fished were in Yellowstone and in
NC, and both define fly fishing as fishing with a fly regardless of
what type of rod/reel are used.

And?

So fishing with a fly on a spinning outfit is 'fly fishing' in those
places.
--
Charlie...

John writes:
Why would it not work? Fly suspended on mono under a bobber. Whether
it's a plastic bubble or them fist-sized hunks o' yarn ya'll call
indicators on the Rapid--what's the difference?

Dave LaCourse" wrote
Because it's not fly fishing. Fly fishing in the regs of most states I've
fished (where it says "Fly fishing only") required a fly rod/reel. Now if
that
Californicator wants to put a fly reel on that spinning rod and use the
*line*
to cast it, then *that* would be termed fly fishing. I didn't make the
rules,
John.
Dave

Well every thing was fine back in Merry Old England until Skues came along,
then it all went to hell.
Ernie

Charlie Choc:


So fishing with a fly on a spinning outfit is 'fly fishing' in those
places.

Every place I have seen both fly fishermen and spinners fish artificials has
been marked "Artificial Lure Only", and that includes the Big Horn. Maine
never allowed any weight to be added to the fly or to the line/leaders for this
very reason. Spin fishers would put on a weighted streamer and cast away.
Then they allowed weight to be added to the fly and leader, but described fly
fishing as using a fly rod and reel with fly line and leader. As far as I
know, I have never fished "fly fishing only" waters where spin fishers were
allowed.
Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

Ernie writes:

Well every thing was fine back in Merry Old England until Skues came along,
then it all went to hell.
Ernie

d;o) You sound like an old Halfordian Golfer I used to know.

Well every thing was fine back in Merry Old England until Skues came
along,
then it all went to hell.
Ernie

Heard he was a bit of a ******* too. He married a lady of minor means, went
through her dough, chucked her out and got a divorce, leaving her a poor
ex-skues of a woman.
--
Frank Reid
Reverse email to reply

I just checked the Yellowstone regs and they say "artifical lures and flies".
So, the spinners can lob a junk of brass.
Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

On 06 Nov 2003 22:56:30 GMT, irate (Dave LaCourse)
wrote:

I just checked the Yellowstone regs and they say "artifical lures and flies".
So, the spinners can lob a junk of brass.
Dave

I have a picture of a sign on the Madison in Yellowstone that says
"Fly Fishing Only" on it. The Yellowstone regs say:

"THE MADISON RIVER, THE FIREHOLE RIVER, AND THE GIBBON RIVER
(DOWNSTREAM FROM GIBBON FALLS)

a. These three rivers (not including the tributaries) are restricted
to fly-fishing only (use only artificial flies regardless of the type
of rod or line)."

FWIW
--
Charlie...