Allan,

That is a question that has gotten me into many long and heavy debates: When is a 'fly' a spinning lure. It actually does matter, especially on waters that are fly fishing only, then you have to make sure that the object you are casting falls within the specifications of a fly and not a spinning type lure. You can't just say it only matters as to the rod you cast with, since you could put a bass Jitterbug lure on a heavy fly rod and sort of cast with it. or a Mepps Spinner that has some feathers tied to its hook.

It will be interesting to see what others have to say about this topic, if they want to wade in and toss out their opinions.

Larry ---sagefisher---