tenbored Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 on a beach near me there have been a few big mackerel caught on the fly and a few seatrout too. anyone else do a bit of sea flyfishing,no cracks about feathers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziplex Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 on a beach near me there have been a few big mackerel caught on the fly and a few seatrout too. anyone else do a bit of sea flyfishing,no cracks about feathers Tryed it once off of West Bay when I had my own boat, used a sinking line and tryed varying depths, when on they really give a great fight! From the shore/rocks I imagine it won't be too different so i'd say give it a go, you'll need a rod with a fair bit of backbone and a heavy line tho', say a WF9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Never done it myself, but I worked with a South African guy who was over here for a few years and he loved it, he very successful too, mainly just by 'thinking outside the box' as marketing people would say He just did what he thought would work, not what everyone else did. He went down to Dorset and saw people fishing from the beach and catching much, so he swam out to the rocks with his fly rod in his mouth (yes really!) and fly fished from there - while the beach fishermen stood there in amazement at his audacity as he pulled them in one after the other There is a bit more about the sport here, if you didn't already know about the site that is: http://www.ukswff.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 I have fished "flies", or rather large feathered lures, from a boat and caught pollack, mackerel, garfish and bass. My few attempts from rocky shorelines have been less fruitful, with just a few small pollack. Using a trout rod from the beach is difficult, because of the distance off shore the fish are at, making them difficult to reach. Very hard work, for little, or no reward and as such, gets very few fishermen interested in doing it. There have been occassions when I have been feathering for mackerel, when they have been literally at my feet and I wished I had a fly rod with me, but those times are too rare to justify taking fly gear, "just in case". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 I`m so glad this was brought up as tomorrow I should be out on a boat fishing for mackerel and perhaps a cod or 2. If we get into a decent shoal I`m getting the fly rod out....................earrings all round then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 I would like to hear all about that trip H, sounds a great day out, don't forget your tin hat! Reminds me of what a flyfisherman said to me on a windy bank once 'I changed to a lighter fly as they hurt less' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 H, you had better take your water wings. If you start thrashing around a full boat with a fly rod, you may be swimming home. I have seen people getting excited about an uptide cast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 There will be 4 or possibly 5 in a 40ft boat................loadsa room Them on the bow me on the stern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 Well we ended up with 2x fishboxes full to overflowing of mackerel and a few smallish pollack up to 2lb. None I hasten to add on the fly rod :look: When we did hit the mackerel they were deep in 20m of water and when we drifted over the reef in less than 4m there were no fish at all We found a shoal during the last 30 mins that was just huge,9 out of 10 drops produced full houses :look: So I now have 10 fat ones in the freezer along with some pollack and when it cools we`ll have a smoke day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 Well done H, can't beat fresh mackerel I had visions of you asking if it was OK to fish a fly rod, and then producing an 18 foot double hander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 I might have been better with a really fast sinking shooting head as the one I had was an old "Revolution" which is fine on still waters.I suppose the 18 footer can wait til next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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