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#1 fisherman2280

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Posted 31 March 2017 - 03:50 PM

I fish this harbor not saying where and I do great with what I'm using now but I noticed lots of fish jumping for flies.

 

A local told me lots of stuff gets washed down into the harbor and I saw more fish jumping that being caught so I started thinking:

 

It's not really a place you can swing a fly rod without taking out some people.

 

So I was thinking about drifting a fly under a float just as an experiment and see if anything happens. 

 

Anyone tried this? I always used a fly rod so using my spinning gear to float a fly will be something new. I guess floating a nymphs or leech pattern would be easy but how about a dry fly.

 

Just curious. 

 


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#2 PUMP KNOWS

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Posted 31 March 2017 - 04:47 PM

Give the bubble float a try

 

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#3 asmodan

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Posted 31 March 2017 - 05:36 PM

https://fishwithjd.c...a-spinning-rod/


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#4 staffman

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Posted 31 March 2017 - 05:54 PM

The fish may be jumping to loosen their eggs and not feeding.


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#5 fishfreek

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Posted 31 March 2017 - 06:46 PM

You can float anything even flies as mentioned above. I doubt those fish are rising for flies, hatch don't start till mid next month I believe. Then again they could be Carp.


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#6 Matt Rickles

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Posted 07 April 2017 - 08:47 PM

Drifting a fly under a float is common among pinners. I dont think that jumping fish necessarily means that they are eating off the top. But hey, might as well try !!
Fish on !!
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