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Trolling flies from a boat

  • 10-03-2012 5:58pm
    #1
    mattcullen
    Registered Users Posts: 275 ✭✭


    just wondering is this a common method in Ireland? As a total beginner to fly fishing I was surprised when I realised the main method was to cast in front of the moving boat continuously ... I imagined that the flies would be left behind the boat. This seemed appealing being easier for bad caster! and leisurely. Also surely with the flies being in the water more there's more chance of catching. There's obviuosly some very obvious reasons why people don't generally fish this way?? Can someone enlighten a bemused novice! Also, just wondering what method is generally used for dry fly on the lough?


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  • #2
    dvae
    Registered Users Posts: 335 ✭✭dvae


    iv fished from a boat many, many times but have never thought of fishing this way. if I'm getting you right, i think the problem you may have is, the boat will be constantly drifting over the water your about to fish before the fly. when you fish straight out on a drift the first thing the fish should see is the fly and not the boat. the way you describe may work on stocked fishery's were the fish are not as easy spooked but, id have my doubts with wild fishery's such as corrib or mask.


  • #3
    Zzippy
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,166 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    Quite a few people do it on Corrib, usually for a break from flyfishing, and it catches too, same as trolling a fish bait or a Rapala. Worth trying it anyway...


  • #4
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    Cant tell you too much about other places but when I was younger and not too proficient at casting the common method we used when the old man took us out in the boat in Sligo was to let off the flies (Wets) at the back of the boat as he rowed slowly up the lake. We'd let them a good distance out, 25 yards or more and we usually caught plenty. Not a very skillful method but it kept us catching trout as youngsters......


  • #5
    No6
    Registered Users Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭No6


    We used to do it on Lough Cara when I was young and my dad got pissed off with the constant tangles we would get in when drifting!!! :D


  • #6
    mattcullen
    Registered Users Posts: 275 ✭✭mattcullen


    Great stuff, so it works! Nice to be able mix it up a bit and try different techniques.


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  • #7
    realrebel
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭realrebel


    ya it works alright but mostly small fish seem to be caught this way dont know why
    we used to do on currane when it was flat calm and got plenty of seatrout to 2lbs


  • #8
    seamusmcspud
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭seamusmcspud


    We did this on Corrib last year to take a break .Quite prolific. fish up to 2lbs. seen another angler lose a large trout with this method too last year. best of luck


  • #9
    ironbluedun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭ironbluedun


    realrebel wrote: »
    ya it works alright but mostly small fish seem to be caught this way dont know why
    we used to do on currane when it was flat calm and got plenty of seatrout to 2lbs


    yes you can do it and yes it will work but i have to agree that anytime i have ever trolled flies the brown trout caught were small, cant remember ever catching a big one with this method. so i dont do it much, really casting from a slow drifting boat although harder is far more effective, as you are not 'driving through' the ground you are fishing.
    some flies will twist the leader when trolled so watch that.


  • #10
    mattcullen
    Registered Users Posts: 275 ✭✭mattcullen


    Would it follow that if spinning from a boat, best to spin in front of the drifting boat also (if not trolling that is)?


  • #11
    Sfinn
    Registered Users Posts: 146 ✭✭Sfinn


    Zzippy wrote: »
    Quite a few people do it on Corrib, usually for a break from flyfishing, and it catches too, same as trolling a fish bait or a Rapala. Worth trying it anyway...

    It can work, but there is a fine line between whats legal and not!! The difference been 3/4 files vs team of 12 which i have seen. The words otter board spring to mind.


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  • #12
    Zzippy
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,166 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    Sfinn wrote: »
    It can work, but there is a fine line between whats legal and not!! The difference between 3/4 files and a team of 12 which i have seen. The words otter board spring to mind.

    Agreed. That's why when the trout byelaws were introduced in 2008, there was specific reference to a limit of 4 flies when flyfishing or trolling flies.


  • #13
    ironbluedun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭ironbluedun


    Zzippy wrote: »
    Agreed. That's why when the trout byelaws were introduced in 2008, there was specific reference to a limit of 4 flies when flyfishing or trolling flies.

    must say i did not realise that there was a limit of 4 flies. But there are so many byelaws now............:confused:


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