by lumpy » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:25 pm
for coastal saltwater flyfishing in my opinion specialist lines are vital. when bass, pollock, pike flyfishing i fish flies up to 8 inches in length. for these you need a very powerful front taper and head on your fly line to be able to get enough turn over to cast the fly effectively. also in an estury situation you are generally more shaltered than the open sea, where as in the open sea you are dealing with windy conditions 90% of the time, a specialist fly line enables you to effectively fish in these conditions where as a freshwater line will just collapse into the wind.
as regards reels i presently have an enigma matrix which i find perfect. not very expensive, have a good disc drag, and are ligh weight. the irish fly fishing companies reels are also very good value
shore species 2008(25):dogfish(3.1lbs), bull huss (12lb 2oz), bass, shore rockling, coalie, whiting, pollack, conger (22.4lbs),flounder, thick lipped mullet (4.8lbs),turbot,ling (11.2lbs),ballan wrasse(4.5lbs), cuckoo wrasse, pouting, poor cod, cod (9.5lbs), dab, 3 bearded rockling, long spined scorpion fish, corkwing wrasse, plaice, trigger fish, sea trout, garfish
regards neil