I spent Friday fishing the Muskegon River in Newaygo, MI. It was a little windy and there were a lot of oak leaves in the river. It seemed I spent half of my fishing time stripping in my line, pulling off a big oak leaf, only to set up for the next cast and have another leaf already stick on the fly ... frustrated the crap out of me.
I was thinking ... has any one tried tying a weed guard on for fall fishing to keep the hook clean and swinging ...
Lets call it a "leaf guard" ... would it interfear with hooking a fish or the way the fly moved in the water? I tie bass and pike flies with weed guards ... why not salmon and steelhead flies in the fall?
Any thoughts?
Stephen
I was thinking ... has any one tried tying a weed guard on for fall fishing to keep the hook clean and swinging ...
Lets call it a "leaf guard" ... would it interfear with hooking a fish or the way the fly moved in the water? I tie bass and pike flies with weed guards ... why not salmon and steelhead flies in the fall?
Any thoughts?
Stephen