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jofn
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 Posted - 10/02/2009 : 14:50:14
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Is there no-one else trying to catch coarse fish (misnomer there) on the fly? There is nothing coarse about a small dace, or roach, that takes the fly and puts a small bend in your rod. There are various articles in the magazine on the subject, especially for Pike. The coarse season is coming to a close (fortunately my trout season is about to begin) but I shall look forward eagerly to June when I can become frustrated by those dace again.
Catching a lightening quick dace, or even two, on a size 16 dry fly is sometimes more enjoyable than a larger trout on a nymph.
For those of you who have never tried this before, you should try, it. It is eminently satisfying to catch such a small fish, that can inspect, take and reject a fly in an instant, and hit it 'just right'. If I'm lucky, I catch a few more. My success rate is about 10%, miss 9 catch 1! Frustrating? But good fun!
Jofn
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troutpoo
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Posted - 09/05/2009 : 04:40:01
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hi jofn, i`ve been coarse fly fishing for about 2 years its really challenging, i`ve had carp , roach and perch, at my local lake we have rudd about 2lb plus just surface skimming flys its very difficult be very rewarding, stick with it , some people frown upon it but hey it swims and twice as hard to catch most coarse speices as any trout. tight lines let me know how you get on !
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Coarse fish on Fly
