Tuesday, December 16, 2008

The Hendrickson Mayfly.

Like a lot of things in fly fishing you can ask ten different fly anglers a single query and you will get ten different answers. And the answer varies with each situation. Most steelheaders use at least a 7 weight rod.

If your fave brook is big and the fish are gigantic and the present is robust then 7 weight won't be gigantic enough, if the stream is smaller and the fish are in the 6 pound range than 7 weight will be lots. As for length, the comprehensive shortest rod I might use is nine foot. Again think about the conditions and the same rules for weight, kind of work for length. Out west two-handed spey rods are becoming more favored for steelhead fishing.

While playing a steelhead, the reel becomes way more than simply a place to store your fly line. Mayflies are vital to trout fly fishing. I was not brought up that way and find that way of thinking too limiting. For one thing it might severely limit my time on the water, and would force me to lose about three quarters of my beloved fly fishing gear. But it is Latin name is Ephemerella subvaria, and then there's the Light Hendrickson and it is Latin name Ephemerella invaria. The way the Hendrickson mayfly received it's common name is a touch of fly fishing lore. We hadn't seen the fish rise so openly for any fly as they actually did for this hatch. I caught one of the flies and put it into my fly box, and after lunch that day at Ferdon's I tied some patterns of the fly as virtually as I could. The reel should be trustworthy as steelhead switch directions immediately peeling off line. They have to be huge enough to grip your fly line and 150 yards of backing. If you want a little boost in casting then get a weight forward line, marked by WF on the package. 011 diameter to turn over the bigger flies, and to make allowance for robust arming the fish. Use this guide as a beginning spot for taking the correct gear, pick up some flies from alaska halibut fishing and just add water.

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