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Saltwater fly fishing
- Thread starter Maestro
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Fly fishing in the surf is not that easy. You need to be able to give consistent long casts in, more often that not, very windy conditions. I would concentrate on river mouths to start of with. Estuaries is also a better bet that the surf. I would start fly fishing in the estuaries untill I feel confident enough to hit the surf otherwise he will give up flyfishing before he realy started.
Yeah,makes sense, rather estury 1st..the guy was having trouble casting on the surf...but i think that you have made an excellent point in the fact that rather build up confidence in the estuary then work ur way to the surf,otherwise you may be put off the sport...same goes with any other field in life, always start with the basics instead of letting emotion and enthusiasm drive you to a loss of interest totally...thanks,really appreciate it
Maestro wrote:
I you can get on to a rocky outcrop and then cast into the bays, you will smash kingies and garrickHi 2 all, how effective is surf fly fishing?a buddy of mine tried it on a recent trip with no luck.
Maestro wrote:
Its a choice, I do both, depends what you want to acheive on that day.Fair enough, but you can do the same,if not better with drop shot instead of fly, so what would be a reason for preference?
Just remember a little hint when flyfishing in the surf, use a sinking line. This cuts into the waves and unlike a floating line (which often get dumped on the beach), will make the process a little easier. Usually in the mornings we experience an offshote wind, which obviously helps, afternoons with an onshore wind, you really need to get a tight loop going with a double haul, to "punch" through the wind. Also use slightly heavier fly if the onshore is quite strong as your fly is then in the correct zone for a bit longer. Hope that helps
Deceiver wrote:
I prefer a intermediate line, for the same reasons but you can twitch
Just remember a little hint when flyfishing in the surf, use a sinking line. This cuts into the waves and unlike a floating line (which often get dumped on the beach), will make the process a little easier. Usually in the mornings we experience an offshote wind, which obviously helps, afternoons with an onshore wind, you really need to get a tight loop going with a double haul, to "punch" through the wind. Also use slightly heavier fly if the onshore is quite strong as your fly is then in the correct zone for a bit longer. Hope that helps
I prefer a intermediate line, for the same reasons but you can twitch