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« Reply #14: February 22, 2005, 08:41:35 PM »

Spencer, I'm a little embarrassed but I had a little make-shift fly out-fit going on.  I had my 8 weight rod but on my 8 weight reel all I had going was a multi sink tip system(I really wasn't intending to flyfish that day).  Since the water had some nice "float" water I grabbed my 6 weight reel with 6wf floating line.  I hadn't used it since the Yak last summer so it had a 9ft leader that tapered down to 5X.  So in a pinch, I cut the leader back until it felt like 12lb test and cut it.  There I surgeon knotted a 6 ft section of 10lb mono(the leader was back to about 10 feet).  I then slipped a large cheater and pegged it with a toothpick for my strike indicator.  For a fly, I used some barbell style jigs that I normally use for summer-runs.  I need to do some modifications so this system casts better, but it actually was quite effective.  I'm thinking I will go to a foam "indicator" that is an inch or two in length.  The lighter you can get the strike indicator the better the system will cast.  I know from talking to bugnuts that it helps if you taper each end.  Some gear guys(including myself) would call this float fishing.  But from looking at most the Flyguys out there these days I guess it is considered flyfishing.  Wink  I did take the cheater off and swing some flies through the classic water, which seemed to work fine.

Bugnuts, I was just trying to look the part.

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~Mike~
There are a few kinds of steelhead fishing; fly, float, drift, spoon, spinner, plugs, boondoggin, bobberdoggin,.... and then there is float fishing in 18\" of water.  Put that in your pipe and smoke it! Afro
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