How Bout This — Fly Fishing With *bait* And Catching A Mess Of Fish!?
September 3rd, 2009 | How To Fly Fish | 3 Comments »saw an old guy yesterday with a fly rod about 6 and half feet or maybe 7 feet long. he had some mono tied on the fly line…only about 3 feet. no tippet. then on the mono "leader" he had a very little brass hook like a salmon egg hook. He smashed bread on the hook and was fly casting, but only about 10 feet literally right in front of his feet. he was fishing on the shore at a little pool on the river that had small bass and perch…. he was catching left right and center. when the bread got soggy and fell of, he’d just put some more on….. never saw anything like it!
Where have you been? People have been doing this for a while now. I did it to catch a 15 pound Carp using a piece of cinnamon roll out of Round Rock Texas. I’ve seen a little girl use a fly rod tipped with a live cricket to catch a 2 pound catfish out of a pond in Lockhart Texas. I’d tell you more but you’d go into shock!
Sometimes it’s good to think outside the fishing box. ~good luck catchin’.
Where have you been? People have been doing this for a while now. I did it to catch a 15 pound Carp using a piece of cinnamon roll out of Round Rock Texas. I’ve seen a little girl use a fly rod tipped with a live cricket to catch a 2 pound catfish out of a pond in Lockhart Texas. I’d tell you more but you’d go into shock!
Sometimes it’s good to think outside the fishing box. ~good luck catchin’.
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I agree with Chimp Dancer that many people have been doing this type of thing for a long time but keeping it "their little secret". When fly fishing way up north for brook trout, for example, I liked to use basically the same set-up with a short tippet but with small red worms for bait. This was lethal when they were lethargic, spooky, or just not biting. The key is adjusting the basic set-up and the bait to the type of fish. Then adjust your cast. I also do it in salt water with small shrimp for redfish. Can be deadly in the right hands and circumstance. Like the other post said, think outside the fishing box, and PRACTICE. GOOD LUCK!
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Another trick is to take your sisters old nylons and wrap the breed in them then place it and the nylon piece on the hook. I mean a square about two inch by two inch or a little less, just enough to hold the breed in place on the hook. You can case this quite a ways and not loose the bait.
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