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SUBJECT: # 2856: Flyfishing for Sailfish
Submitted by Preston Clayton (64.12.116.202) from GEORGIA on 4/13/2006 11:59:00 AM
I have been told that this is actually possible, and I want to know how it is done.If you vould help, please.
- 4/18/2006 11:01:00 AM
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Curious George (152.130.13.1) from TEXAS says Fly Fishing for Sails
woo hoo!! Something besides cell-phone ad's! Yes, it is done. Not quite what you're probably thinking of, though. It's generally done by chumming live bait and trolling teasers to raise the fish. Once a fish is in the spread, the deckhand starts reeling the teasers in while the angler prepares to cast. Captain's keeping the boat at steady speed and heading, by the way. Once the sail is close enough to the boat, and really fired up, the mate pulls the teaser and the angler simultaneously drops the fly, usually a large streamer with maybe a sliding popper attached, right in front of his nose. If all goes well he's so pissed off he'll bite anything he sees, hopefully your fly. He'll then proceed to run, jump, and greyhound while you scream with joy and watch your backing melt away. The rest is between you and the fish. It's a blast.
- 4/22/2006 8:01:00 PM
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Watcher (70.248.116.97) from TEXAS says My take on most off shore fly fishing
Curious George is right on the money on the technique employed. However, it's my opinion that, except for having a flyrod in your hand, it's about as far from fly fishing as it gets. You could actually duplicate the feat with any old fishing rod. The cast, if any, is made at extremely short distances and it's really hard to flub up the presentation. An easy alternative for someone who has never even held a flyrod before is to drop the fly overboard letting the forward motion of the boat take it back to the teaser which the mate has broght up on the same side. The switch is made and the suicidal fish does the rest. The only advantage to having a flyrod is that you get to take a picture of the sail while you hold the buggy whip and pose like you've really pulled off some skillful feat. I've got a friend who couldn't catch a bone or permit if his life depended on it hook up on three billfish in one trip (landed two). "Casting" flies in a chum line for other offshore species is just about as entertaining. Sorry if this let the wind out of your sails, but it's just how I see it. Been there, done that, and done with it.
- 5/9/2006 12:53:00 PM
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Curious George (152.130.13.1) from TEXAS says Article
There's a good writeup in the "letter from the editor" column as well as one inside the magazine on this topic in the May issue of "Fly Fishing in Salt Waters." I didn't know that to be IGFA compliant the boat must be adrift with engines off or in neutral at the time of the hook-up. They also cover the differences between fly-fishing and fishing with a fly-rod. Good read and on topic. I hope this helps.