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Bubble and Fly retrieval technique

  • 15-09-2014 08:44PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 192 ✭✭


    I am wondering how do I retrieve a bubble and fly and I will be using wet flies?Do I reel it in slowly or do I do something else?

    Is bubble and fly considered fly fishing?

    I have fished in a lake around me and caught a small brown and forgot to set the hook in the other.But that was just leaving the hook out there and I just wanted to know how to properly retrieve it.Thanks.


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    There are many YouTube clips that show the technique. It is not considered fly fishing and is usually done using a pole or spinning rod.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭Flysfisher


    Its a form of fly fishing.

    Very popular on the moy for salmon, and effective too.

    For trout I would have my doubts, mainly due to presentation, maybe in fast water, but in slow water or loughs the splash of the bubble and the movement / wake of the bubble will surely spook the trout.

    Generally its retreived slowly.

    On a clam lake you could try casting it out with a few dries attached and leaving it sit (this can work with conventional dryfly) but be prepared for a long wait (to wait for the fish to come back after initial spooking, if they do come back that is)

    Personally I beleive a fly rod would be more effective.


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