Witnessed a new salmon fishing method yesterday, another reason I usually avoid the river this time of year. After flinging practically every fly I had at an obviously uninterested salmon, swinging streamers, imitators in front of his nose, drifting single egg patterns, I was switching to the float rod and roe and was tying on, standing under a shade tree but still in the river. Another angler had lowholed me, then realised I was fishing there, waded through the hole to another hole and says I'll chase them down to you. Apparently, he "caught" ten that morning. He disappears for half an hour and returns probably figuring I'd gone. Stands 10 feet from me casts a couple of times and this salmon takes off past me, hooked in the tail, his line almost ran into my neck. I ask what are you using, he says a fly, he's got a seven foot rod with a spin reel and obviously sight snagging, only this time he got it in the tail. It quickly broke off. I said what pattern, some white one with wings he says. I said they're usually not hitting once they're upstream, it would be easy to floss them. Ya, they don't usually hit much now he says, missing my point. What would you call this new method of fly fishing, floss snagging, snag flossing, fly snagging, fly jerking or precision drift cast lifting? I mean, really there is a certain skill level required to guide a fly onto a fish 10 feet away from you, why don't we see this in competitions?
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new method
#1
Posted 07 September 2013 - 11:42 AM
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#2
Posted 07 September 2013 - 11:45 AM
Witnessed a new salmon fishing method yesterday, another reason I usually avoid the river this time of year. After flinging practically every fly I had at an obviously uninterested salmon, swinging streamers, imitators in front of his nose, drifting single egg patterns, I was switching to the float rod and roe and was tying on, standing under a shade tree but still in the river. Another angler had lowholed me, then realised I was fishing there, waded through the hole to another hole and says I'll chase them down to you. Apparently, he "caught" ten that morning. He disappears for half an hour and returns probably figuring I'd gone. Stands 10 feet from me casts a couple of times and this salmon takes off past me, hooked in the tail, his line almost ran into my neck. I ask what are you using, he says a fly, he's got a seven foot rod with a spin reel and obviously sight snagging, only this time he got it in the tail. It quickly broke off. I said what pattern, some white one with wings he says. I said they're usually not hitting once they're upstream, it would be easy to floss them. Ya, they don't usually hit much now he says, missing my point. What would you call this new method of fly fishing, floss snagging, snag flossing, fly snagging, fly jerking or precision drift cast lifting? I mean, really there is a certain skill level required to guide a fly onto a fish 10 feet away from you, why don't we see this in competitions?
this happens to me when i toss a fly or any lure into a pool and the fish scatter, when they run my hook get caught somewhere on the fish. i think that guy was flossing
#3
Posted 07 September 2013 - 11:52 AM
Fish accidentally swimming into your fly is one thing, lifting it intentionally into the fish is simply snagging.
#4
Posted 07 September 2013 - 12:15 PM
Fish accidentally swimming into your fly is one thing, lifting it intentionally into the fish is simply snagging.
ya, if you see one over your hook and do a mach 1 hookset its simply snagging
#5
Posted 07 September 2013 - 12:20 PM
Unfortunately didn't have my phone and really am I going to change his mindset, the guy was older than me and should know better, I could have been the gamey.
#6
Posted 07 September 2013 - 12:31 PM
Unfortunately didn't have my phone and really am I going to change his mindset, the guy was older than me and should know better, I could have been the gamey.
he should but i always say, even if they should dosent mean they do
#7
Posted 07 September 2013 - 12:48 PM
It can't be snagging if you are using a fly rod... that was his mistake.
#8
Posted 07 September 2013 - 06:54 PM
They love stinky rotting eggs wrapped in sacs that have been sitting in a hot trunk for a week. Lucked on to that one sorta by accident. You will need bleach to take the stench off your skin when you get home however.
#9
Posted 08 September 2013 - 07:33 PM
What would you call this new method of fly fishing, floss snagging, snag flossing, fly snagging, fly jerking or precision drift cast lifting?
"precision drift cast lifting" FTW! lol
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