Here in Jersey putting hardware on the fly is a strict no-no in the fly only waters. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Hanging Hardware on Your Flies
> I was also very disappointed in this issue of Fly Tyer. > I have made fly lures with spinner blades, used them for bass fishing. > Not to my liking. > Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Byard Miller wrote: > > > >I'm just wondering if anyone on the list puts hardware > > >on their flies? Does anyone feel this is, well, just > > >kind of wrong? Being relatively new (only a few years) > > >to flyfishing, I'm open to new or even old ideas that > > >have come around again, but somehow or another this > > >seems to cross some kind of line, even though so > > >knowledgeable and respected an authority as Mr Scheck > > >endorses it. I know flyfishing and tying is a big > > >tent, but I wonder how other people on the list feel. > > > > Well...I'll go on record here. When you attach hardware aka spinners > > etc to your fly, it is no longer a fly. You might want to check your > > local regs on FF only waters and see if they are within the legal > > realm. The recent article in Fly Tying will more than likely result > > in my NOT renewing my current subscription. If I was interested in > > that type article, I'd subscribe to Field & Stream or BassMasters. > > > > Shall we now call a Mepps lure a fly? Or is it flyfishing just > > because you can throw a small Rapala with a fly rod? I think not! > > > > No offense intended towards the spin fishers...I am still one of > > those...;^) But let's call a fly a fly and a spinner a spinner...I > > see no need to combine the two just to create a crossover. > > > > keep tyin'...or lure buildin'...byard >
