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steevo46
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 Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: This year, I will be mostly....fly fishing! |
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Having seen the mackerel and bass boiling the water on summer evenings off Hove beach, and checking out some fishy looking areas over the weedy chalk beds under the cliffs, I've decided to get my fly rod out and dedicate 2007 to go for wild fish on light tackle.
If any of you guys out there are considering the same sort of tactics, then get in touch and share the experience. |
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VifferRider
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Location: Northampton
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| Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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I have heard Bass can be great fun when caught on the fly - good luck mate - let us know how it goes (good or bad)
Rich |
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MJB
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Location: Warminster, Wilts
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Fly-fishing in the sea! Stupid idea! :wink:
Just don't get notions of Mullet on the fly without a prescription of Prozac |
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trooper
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Location: Sunny Scunny, Nrth Lincs
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice set of pics. |
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Nemesis_SLR
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:41 am Post subject: |
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Yeah you will never catch any bass on the fly! 
great pics! I have had a few mackerel on the fly. I just choose stupid times to try for the bass. Usually in a force 8!  |
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MJB
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Nemesis_SLR wrote: |
| I just choose stupid times to try for the bass. Usually in a force 8! |
Not in an 8, but a good force 6. The best of 20 that night.
Macks are good fun too!
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chrisandboys
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:00 am Post subject: |
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| But how do you manage to catch without casting 200m? |
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silversurfer
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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| For bass 20 yards is often more productive than 200 yards, so fly fishing is a viable technique. Having said that, if you're casting a fly line into the teeth of a gale then even 2 yards can sometimes feel like a struggle! |
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thebigbassman
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Joined: Dec 13, 2007
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Location: sunny port talbot in lovely wales
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| nice pics MJB |
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