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[pinkpanther111]

Hi!

 

This is going to sound weird and probably dumb. The truth is, I am asking because I am curious and don't know. Any sort of help or advice is appreciated. 

 

Is there a significant difference between the 'flies' used for fly fishing and regular lures? Can the 'flies' that are typically used for fly fishing be used for regular fishing?

[FrequentFlyer]

Fly fishing, the line is heavy and tapered and is used to cast the fly by building momentum with casts.  Fly follows the line to your target

 

Conventional fishing, the lure provides the weight to cast the line.  Line follows the lure

 

 

You can use flies with conventional gear in certain situations, since the flies are nearly weightless, and basically impossible to cast on their own, you need to provide some weight in the form of a float/bobber, or some split shots, or any type of drop shot weight you like.

 

in river fishing, it is commonplace for a float fisherman to use a fly under their float instead of a roe bag or bead.  natural drag free drift is very effective.

[Berg]

Flies are just hooks with fur, hair, or synthetic materials tied and/or glued around them and can be used to imitate anything from an insect to a mouse to a minnow.

 

There are lots of "flies" that probably have enough weight on them to cast with regular/conventional spinning gear. Some flies have lead or tungsten weights tied into them, along with copper wire around them, to help them to sink. A big fly called a Clouser Minnow could probably be cast using light spinning gear pretty well, and could be fished by just reeling in and basically jigging it around. There are probably many other patterns you could do this with as well.

 

As FF said, with enough weight added to your line you can fish any weightless fly under a float or bobber as well, just as you would a hook and worm.