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Fly fish for coarse fish


welshwarrior
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Possibly one of the only methods using the fly rod because when doing it your mind is 100% away from other things. With standard course fishing you sit and think about other thing to much.

 

I used to do it (for trout) and still have all the gear but got to a point where I just could not knock the fish on the head.

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B25M, you don't have to knock them on the head. In fact catch and release is now very prominent on trout fishing streams, using barbless hooks. Same with coarse fish. Modern barbless hooks are superb, allowing you to return fish relatively unharmed. Fishing a small dry fly for dace is far more challenging than fishing for trout. Like the grayling they have an ability to spit that artificial out faster than you can react. I have a very light 5ft 6inch split cane rod which throws a #2 line. Very challenging on small overgrown steams where big old chub hang about.

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