My experience is very limited but rate myself a competent but out of practice frehwater flyfisher.
As per an earlier thread my limited swf experience has been fishing from an anchored boat in about 9m water of the East Coast Bays. I only have a medium / fast sinking line and have used muppets (on the dead drift - ok for mini snapps) and retrieving streamer flies for Mackeral.
What could I try with my 9 weight outfit in that situation? Slight current but not too bad. Would be keen on a 1-2kg red on the fly.
I have had success on reds with a shooting head and a chartreuse and white Clousers. Thus pattern is regarded as one of the best all round flies to have and very simple to tie.
R.F.
No, you can get by with an Intermediate if your fishing from an anchored boat. All depends on water depth. An Intermediate is the way to go in anything under fifteen metres of water. Fished with a weighted fly it allows you to do those really slow and deep 'creep' retrieves that snapper, trevally, and gurnard love.
To get away from the little fish move your fly sizes up to 2/0 plus. I have a couple of very good patterns that work beautifully when crawled over the bottom. Will post some pics sometime. Two kilo snapper and trevally really go when hooked on fly in shallow water. Peel the nine weight right into the backing.
Also - John Eichelsheim does very well in the upper Waitemata with good sized snapper on fly using a sinking line and booby flies.
Snapper on fly are actually quite easy.
smudge has it spot on BA. If that's not good enough, smooch your darlin', I'm sure she'd be happy to fork out for a new one
Old stuff is always suspect, buy a new one, it's only a few hundie's.
Re: snapper and trevally on fly when you're fishing harbour channels, beach corners, rocks etc. Fly below is very effective.
Fly is known as an Interceptor. Dumbell eyed version for bouncing across the bottom in areas where you won't get snagged, bead head version for fishing further up.
I think Mr Cicada may be selling them soon.
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