reevesr1 Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 I can't think of anything fly fishers use that at least looks like something, however remote. Probably part of the mentality. We like to think we're trickin' 'em. Quote
JMasson Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Hey Hydro, After thinking about this, it did get me to wondering. A buzzbomb, like the mirrolures I used to use, don't represent anything really. I guess some would say a buzzbomb represents a juvenile fish or big ass minnow. Not really though.I think it, like some of the bigger saltwater baits, is trying to draw reaction strikes? Or "I don't know what it is, so I'll eat it" strikes. Are there any smaller "fly" equivalents? I'm sure there have to be fly equivalents. Flies that don't look like anything at all but seem to work? Well, a spoon fly doesn't look like any naturals, at least I know of anyways. I used to use them to great success on the Gulf coast in Florida for reds and specks. There are several different patterns that I've used...I've even tied them out of a fake fingernail. James Quote
toolman Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 It's the law of the underwater jungle at work. Territory's are defended against all alien invaders and a large, strange chunk of lead, spinning and buzzing through a school of fish, is a direct challenge to all, that is often met with an extremely violent reaction. Such a challenge creates tremendous stress for the fish and they react in two distinct ways. One has been described above, the other is that they will leave the immediate area and hide from the threat untill it has passed. The strike against the lure is not always about food, but the protection of territories which have the right living conditions for the fish and the securing the food that is in it. The first strike at an invader is often to stun/injure/kill the threat and then, sometimes a second strike to clean up the whole affair in one big gulp and the threat is gone for good. Fish that strike at floating indicators, likely do so because it is stressing them out and they associate these indicators as a threat. Probably because they had been hooked when one of these things showed up in the recent past. Often they will ignore certain fly patterns, that they have been over exposed too. Fish continually adapt to their environments, minute by minute and it all comes down to survival for them. When fish are feeding, they can become very territorial and aggressive. Quote
reevesr1 Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Well, a spoon fly doesn't look like any naturals, at least I know of anyways. I used to use them to great success on the Gulf coast in Florida for reds and specks. There are several different patterns that I've used...I've even tied them out of a fake fingernail. James Caught my one and only red on a spoon fly. If I had to fish to survive and could only have one lure, it would definitely be a spoon. Doesn't look like anything, but sure do catch fish. Quote
JMasson Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 a spoon is a great lure for sure! I caught my first red when I was 10 on a gold spoon. Caught more kingfish than I care to count on a silver spoon. Heck, I've even had a tarpon chase a spoon fly....then he got up close and decided he didn't want to eat a fake fingernail and turned away. A gold spoon was my second go-to lure for fishing grass flats in Florida...a red and white mirrolure was the first. James Quote
reevesr1 Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 a spoon is a great lure for sure! I caught my first red when I was 10 on a gold spoon. Caught more kingfish than I care to count on a silver spoon. Heck, I've even had a tarpon chase a spoon fly....then he got up close and decided he didn't want to eat a fake fingernail and turned away. A gold spoon was my second go-to lure for fishing grass flats in Florida...a red and white mirrolure was the first. James Ahh James, you're making me all misty... Caught more specks on the old gold 3/8 oz (which they don't make anymore) Johnson's Sprite than I could ever count. If we ever make it down south together, I'll introduce you to the magic that is the Pink 52MR (I would never come back to the dock with it on. Never wanted anyone else to see it. I nicknamed it "The Embarrassment") The only clear water mirrolure better than the old red and white! Quote
JMasson Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Never did use a pink one. I always used red and white or red and yellow. Now what about DOA Clacker bobbers...the ones that make a clicking noise when you twitch your rod. One day I had so many specks hit the bobber and not the shrimp underneath that I contemplated putting hooks through the bobbers so that I might actually catch one! James Quote
reevesr1 Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Never did use a pink one. I always used red and white or red and yellow. Now what about DOA Clacker bobbers...the ones that make a clicking noise when you twitch your rod. One day I had so many specks hit the bobber and not the shrimp underneath that I contemplated putting hooks through the bobbers so that I might actually catch one! James Sorta like when cutties are hitting the indicator. Switch to a dry. Or in the saltwater case, a nice red and white skitterwalk topwater. Funnest way there is to catch trout, short of a fly rod. Quote
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