08-01-2014, 05:37 PM
[#0000FF]That picture was from the mid 70's. I actually called the rod my "bubble-chucker" since I also used it a lot for long distance bubble and fly work. Got a lot of fish from way out beyond the longest fly rod cast on high country lakes as well as Deer Creek and Strawberry.
I put a medium sized spinning guide at the low end of the rod, to funnel the loops off the spinning reel. But most of the other guides were much smaller. I have used a "standard" fly rod both with spinning reels and with the closed face under-rod model spincast reels. They all work.
In the attached PDF file you will note that I also suggest using a piece of either floating or sinking fly line to present flies with a spinning rod. I have also used a short length of lead core trolling line to dredge deep. That used to be killer for fishing American shad in the northern California rivers.
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I put a medium sized spinning guide at the low end of the rod, to funnel the loops off the spinning reel. But most of the other guides were much smaller. I have used a "standard" fly rod both with spinning reels and with the closed face under-rod model spincast reels. They all work.
In the attached PDF file you will note that I also suggest using a piece of either floating or sinking fly line to present flies with a spinning rod. I have also used a short length of lead core trolling line to dredge deep. That used to be killer for fishing American shad in the northern California rivers.
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