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| Author | Message Text |
| Wooly Bugger |
03/23/2007 09:56AM Being right-handed, I find it far far easier to cast to the left of the boat, about 30 to 45 degrees. I haven't fly-fished from the bow with a stern paddler, only from the back with and without a partner. The wind can be a handful, and you'll be doing a lot of work positioning the boat. Hooking up is well worth the effort, as you already know. I have a 6 wt and 9 wt, so that's what I bring. I have sinking and floating lines for the 6 and only floating for the 9. I'm hoping to get a sinker for the 9 for this season. I love it! |
| Arkansas Man |
03/23/2007 07:30AM Your cast may not be as long due to your lower body height in the canoe... but a canoe is a silent approach mechanism so you can get closer for the cast. Also wind will play a role in boat position and casting. When I took my fly rod I tried to fish for northers using a chartruese leech pattern... Wind blew hard on most days making it difficult to hold position to cast and as mentioned it is easier if you are by yourself or in the bow casting 90 degrees to the canoe to keep from the possibility of snagging the stern paddler... Bruce |
| fishnfreak |
03/22/2007 07:41PM I, like you, have the traveling/flyfishing jones also. Flyfishing from a canoe isn't that difficult. It requires a very patient partner or no fishing partner at all. It works well to sit upright and hold the rod high out of the water, in order to get the fly up and off the water. It is almost identical to fishing from a belly boat with the exception that you might fall out of the backside of the canoe. I have found that sitting on my knees works best for me. |
| chadwick |
03/22/2007 02:43PM hey, ive been flyfishing all over the continent for dozens of species, and know what flies to use, but has anyone here brought their fly rod in. how hard is it to cast from a canoe. Ive fished saltwater, the NWT and landed muliple 45 inch pike on the fly, salmon, walleye, bass, steelhead, at least 15 species of trout, and more, but have never trown a fly from a canoe. I have a few 8 wts, a 5 wt, 10 wt and a 12 wt. I will bring in my freshwater 8wt if i do, so my question is... To bring, or not to bring??? |
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