Comments for Fishing My Way http://fishingmyway.com Leisure Fishing with Low Cost Equipment and Small Boats Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:06:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Spin Fishing Using The Fly And Bubble Method by Mike http://fishingmyway.com/fishing-methods/spin-fishing-using-the-fly-and-bubble-method/comment-page-1#comment-73 Mike Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:06:32 +0000 http://fishingmyway.com/?p=69#comment-73 Hi Gary, Thanks for your comment. A leader straightener is a section of rubber folded over. The leader is placed in the rubber fold and the straightener is pinched between the thumb and fore finger. Pull the leader through the straightener as many times as it takes until the line is straight. It works by friction heating the line and thus changing the memory of the leader from coiled to straight. I have never used a tapered leader. They are expensive but are individually packaged. I buy leader on small 25 yard spools. Dry flies have a tendency to land right side up because most of the weight is in the turn of the hook and the hackle around the eye of the hook acts like a parachute so the fly will float in the air like a dandelion seed and set on the water butt first and most of the time right side up. I use small poppers and foam flies for top water fishing for bass. But my favorite bass fly is the woolly bugger. Mike Hi Gary,
Thanks for your comment. A leader straightener is a section of rubber folded over. The leader is placed in the rubber fold and the straightener is pinched between the thumb and fore finger. Pull the leader through the straightener as many times as it takes until the line is straight. It works by friction heating the line and thus changing the memory of the leader from coiled to straight. I have never used a tapered leader. They are expensive but are individually packaged. I buy leader on small 25 yard spools.

Dry flies have a tendency to land right side up because most of the weight is in the turn of the hook and the hackle around the eye of the hook acts like a parachute so the fly will float in the air like a dandelion seed and set on the water butt first and most of the time right side up. I use small poppers and foam flies for top water fishing for bass. But my favorite bass fly is the woolly bugger.

Mike

]]> Comment on Spin Fishing Using The Fly And Bubble Method by Gary http://fishingmyway.com/fishing-methods/spin-fishing-using-the-fly-and-bubble-method/comment-page-1#comment-72 Gary Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:33:56 +0000 http://fishingmyway.com/?p=69#comment-72 Greetings Mike, I'm glad I ran into your blog. I been researching the 'Bubble Casting' technique for a couple of days now. I live on a lake in central Florida (Daytona Beach). While fishing for bass (that's really all there is in this small 40 acre lake....and some monsters to boot), using the classic plastic baits and lures, I was noticing how these fish love to feed on insects at the surface at dawn, dusk and even late at night. I'm stuck onshore but have a nice peninsula to walk around and fish from all sides. I'm by no means a fly fisherman but thought I would try to find out about the possibilities of using my spinning gear for fly fishing. Well low and behold...will wonders ever cease??!!! Fly and Bubble!!!! During my research here on-line I've run across a couple of people that say the leader used for this method should be the fly fishing type tapered leader. This is slightly confusing but from what I can understand tapered leader 'turns the fly over' for proper presentation. Of all the research I've done since becoming interested in this technique, I find fly fishing very confusing. That's probably just me though. Do you know anything about this? Also, I've never heard of a leader straightener....what is this? I just use regular mono for any leaders I use, to make lures 'act right'. Nice blog, Gary Greetings Mike,
I’m glad I ran into your blog. I been researching the ‘Bubble Casting’ technique for a couple of days now. I live on a lake in central Florida (Daytona Beach). While fishing for bass (that’s really all there is in this small 40 acre lake….and some monsters to boot), using the classic plastic baits and lures, I was noticing how these fish love to feed on insects at the surface at dawn, dusk and even late at night. I’m stuck onshore but have a nice peninsula to walk around and fish from all sides.

I’m by no means a fly fisherman but thought I would try to find out about the possibilities of using my spinning gear for fly fishing. Well low and behold…will wonders ever cease??!!! Fly and Bubble!!!!

During my research here on-line I’ve run across a couple of people that say the leader used for this method should be the fly fishing type tapered leader. This is slightly confusing but from what I can understand tapered leader ‘turns the fly over’ for proper presentation. Of all the research I’ve done since becoming interested in this technique, I find fly fishing very confusing. That’s probably just me though.

Do you know anything about this? Also, I’ve never heard of a leader straightener….what is this? I just use regular mono for any leaders I use, to make lures ‘act right’.

Nice blog,

Gary

]]> Comment on Spin Fishing Using The Fly And Bubble Method by Texas Fishing http://fishingmyway.com/fishing-methods/spin-fishing-using-the-fly-and-bubble-method/comment-page-1#comment-42 Texas Fishing Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:01:08 +0000 http://fishingmyway.com/?p=69#comment-42 You have a good website. Looks like you have put in a lot of work on it. Here is one of my favorite fishing sites.<a href="http://www.fishingeasttexas.com" rel="nofollow">Fishing East Texas</a> You have a good website. Looks like you have put in a lot of work on it. Here is one of my favorite fishing sites.Fishing East Texas

]]> Comment on Spin Fishing Using The Fly And Bubble Method by Mike http://fishingmyway.com/fishing-methods/spin-fishing-using-the-fly-and-bubble-method/comment-page-1#comment-19 Mike Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:42:39 +0000 http://fishingmyway.com/?p=69#comment-19 Hi Mel, Thanks for your comment and link. I just added you site to my blogroll. Mike Hi Mel, Thanks for your comment and link. I just added you site to my blogroll.

Mike

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