No but it’s on my short list of places to visit. I knew because I am full of useless information…
…among other things…
Gramps I searched my catalogs and cant find them listed anywhere. My local bait stores handle them and as Ronnie D said they are transparent small end to the line big end to the leader. I usually paint it white if I use it with a jig so that I can see the bite.BILL
I have fished that way for years in lake and places that offer no back cast and fish out of roll cast distance. for wet a 4 or 5’ leader below the casting bubble and for drys a short droper about 4 or 5 ft. above the bubble. I have found that a long leaderand a dry twist up on the cast.
Rich
I wasn’t sure how this would be received. I appreciate you guys not jumping on me. I found out a couple of weeks ago that I have Osteoporosis. For the last 5 years i’ve been breaking bones way to easily. It all makes sense now. When the doctor found out I was planning on fly fishing along with the wading involved. He said it was a bad idea. It turned out he was a fly fisherman, and said you can’t wade without taking falls. Even when you’re young. Let alone my age. Losing sight in one eye makes me unsteady on uneven terrain anyway. Any sort of fall usually gives me an injury.
So, I could be content to just spin fish from the shore of lakes. The problem is I have fly fishing in my heart now. So, using my spin setup from shore of stream and rivers seems like a good plan to keep me in one piece. I can still hike (carefully) or use my Jeep to get to mountain streams, beaver ponds, and small lakes. I still have the option to use streamers, nymphs, and dry flies with different kinds of setups.
I was having a problem with my wrist that I broke a year ago, and my shoulder casting a fly rod. I’m not sure they would have held up for daily fly fishing. My spin setup I can cast 150 ft with a slight flick of my wrist. No strain at all.
Anyway, I was depressed when I heard the news, but I think I found a way around it and feel better now.
Gramps, do you think you’d enjoy trolling a flyline from a float tube or pontoon boat or even a small pram or jon-boat? Another way to go and you don’t have to cast at all yet you’d still be able to use a fly rod. Any fly rod actually since you wouldn’t be casting, just stripping line out then
rowing/kicking/paddling etc. Occured to me so I thought I’d pass it along.
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
I’ve thought about it. I’ll wait until I get to Colorado and see how things go.
no argument here, except I am too stupid at times and want to pack my float tube in…just love that 60 pound pack after 5 miles in LOL. It has been 3 years since I last tried fishing a fly with a bubble on spinning gear, but it is downright effective and not difficult.
Gramps:
A fisherman who understands and appreciates the resource is always welcome in my book regardless of what tackle he or she chooses to use .
Yesterday I spent a few minutes talking with some fishermen, neither of which ever touched a fly rod. I’m glad I can converse fluently in all of the “fishing languages”.
Use your spinning outfit and be happy! I’m sure that you will still find the opportunity to chuck a fly on a fly rod on occasion but the important thing is, you WILL have fun regardless…
…I guarantee it!
My first exposure to this topic was with my twin brother. I ended up writing a short, humorous article about it for our club newsletter.
http://www.ncff.net/whatever.htm
Joe
Interesting Joe. I guess the important part is to get a fly between the rod and the fish. Whatever that rod might be.
In 1970, I caught a 27" rainbow out of Timonthy Lake in the Oregon Cascades with the clear bubble method. The fly was a royal coachman bucktail. Slow retreive. I was using 4 lb mono, the fish put up a pretty good fight for over 1/2 hour. Brought a lot of “lookers” to the beach that beautiful sunny summer day. I remember this one guy running up and down the shorline with one of those little aluminum nets yelling “I’ll net it for you!!”. I asked him to stay away, my wife waded into the water and scooped it up on to the shore. One of my fondest fishing memories. I suppose a lot of “so called” rules were broken that day? Once I became comfortable with the fly rod, my whole outlook on trout fishing changed, most likely for the better.
Regarding the Trivia question of Lake Louise’s previous, other name.
Lake Louise first became known to the outside world on July 24th, 1882 when Tom Wilson, an explorer and route finder for the Canadian Pacific Railway (inevitably) was led there by a member of the Stony Indian band whose description of “the lake of little fishes” intrigued him. (But don’t believe the "lake of little fishes story) At the time, Tom Wilson was engaged to be married to a certain Miss Thelma Mae Snodgrass. Due to an unfortunate accident in Thelma Mae’s hometown of Turkey Nob, Kentucky, Themla Mae was run down by a runnaway moonshine wagon and died several days later. When Tom returned to Kentucky for the funeral, he met an fell in love with Thelma’s younger sister, Louise. So instead of lake Thelma Mae, as they say…the rest is history.
Hi Gramps. I have used the Thill Ice Floats (all sizes) with stoppers and their BB weight system for years. Never tried it with dries, but wets, streamers,ect have been very effective. It is a little slower way to spin fish, nothing wrong with that, but once you get the weights & depth tinkered with and a good drift going, I have had some great days. It can be deadly. A bonus is not hanging up constantly and really keeping the fly in the zone. The setup will always be in my kayak this season if I decide that is the way to fish for the day.
Bob
Why not learn to “cast a fly” with a flyrod? I’ve taught 6 and 7 year olds. They don’t cast very far, but they’ve caught some nice fish.
Ronnie D
Glad to hear that someone catches fish on Louise. I’ve been there at least 15 times (only fished maybe 3 times) and never seen anyone catch a thing. Used to take the rental canoes to the far side of the lake with the fly rod, but never caught a thing. Seen a bunch though, in the outlet stream as it flows underneath the asphalt walkway.
Oh, and for those who haven’t been…don’t go, you wouldn’t like it(wink, wink). It not like it sits in the most beautiful area in the world, hands down.
I already know how. Read the thread.