by lumpy » Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:40 pm
exactly and its even applicable to use techniques we use closer to home, my flyfishing background is in dry fly and upstream nymphing for trout and this summer i took this upstream nymphing technique and applied it to fishing for bass in a rapidly emptying bay that creates a river type flow at the mouth. this area is heavily fished by spin and bait fisherman alike so the fish have become quit wary, it is also home to thousands of burrowing sandeel. because of the strong flow i suspected that the bass lay facing upstream waiting for dislodged sandeel. applying the upstream nymph and indicator technique, i fished immitative sandeel patterns (mainly surf candies with marabou or off white zonker tails) under a strike indicator and fished them up stream leaving them dead drift back down. while it did not result in large quantities of fish i did catch significantly more than normal across and down fishing or even up stream with out an indicator. interestingly i did miss alot of takes so it appears theres potential for further experimentation.more hook ups did also occur with circle hooks but i dont really like fishing these as it takes the element of skill in timing ure strike out of the equation.
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