Fly Fishing
Submitted by Dean on Fri, 2007-11-30 17:36
Looking at getting into flyfishing for the summer, and my main targets will be hopefully Dolphin fish at the fads and also a bit of fishing in the swan.
1st question: is it possible to have 1 rod and reel which can fish both types (ocean and river).
2nd: what weight line would you recommend for both applications?
3rd: How do people generally learn to flyfish?
Cheers
Dean
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Well
Weight I can't remember although there are a couple of types of lines to use Weight Forward, Shooting, sinking tip,
People generally learn to fly fish I guess in the park or in the river when it's not windy so you can get a true feel of it. There are some clinics that used to be run around the place so you could google them to see where they are operating from now a day
All I can recommend is that you stick with it. When you start to catch fish it's great fun with a fly rod, just watch your fingers! ATB..........Feel the force.........
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Yeah max tried googling
Yeah max tried googling flyfishing clinics, only came up with tasmanian based ones and the pink flyfishing by recfish west.
basically would have to buy a fly reel for use in the ocean in regards to size, but have line which would suit both?
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You might get away with an
You might get away with an 8wt, but it depends on the size of fish you'll be targeting. You could pick up a good 5wt for the river and look at something offshore once you get the hang of it.
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Dean, if your looking at getting an outfit soonish Campbells have 50% off a lot of there fly gear at the moment. I was almost tempted to get an outfit the other day but I'll refrain from chook chucking for a while yet.
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Dean
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Yeah I was going to wait
Yeah I was going to wait until early next year.
Good idea bear, Probably won't use the lightweight one as much so i'll just get a cheapy.
So offshore i was thinking 10wt and for the river 5wt, would that be ok?
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campbells
campbells where bouts are they in perth? im coming down next week for a quik arvo trip and need more tying gear for up here cheers
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Have a NIB Redington
Have a NIB Redington Redstart in 11wt. interested?
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