Guest warmonger62 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Is there anyone out there mad enough to fly-fish for snapper? If so, what type of fly and what type of retrieve? I have been trying for a while now with no luck . Al I seem to get are dusky and sand flatties . Please help!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ Garn Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Hi Warmonger I could be wrong but typically Snapper, especially large ones live and feed in much deeper water than you could possibly fly fish in. I expect you are catching flathead in the shallow on a runout tide!!! Cheers PJ Garn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big-Banana Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I've read articles from the south coast about guys setting a trail and fishing weighted flies down deeper. Nothing big was landed though. Got a video where a guy has a crack and gets a few pan sized reds as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 (edited) Hi mate, I've heard of people using fast-sinking shooting heads, heavily-weighted clousers and short, sharp long, slow strips with some success. If you have a sinking line and a baitfish pattern, have a crack at your local snapper ground. Not much is known about Reds on the fly, you might come up with something new. Good luck. Richie. EDIT: Further information has come to hand. Edited October 24, 2007 by Richie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew399 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 i have read a few articles a while back now where they were doing it off the rocks in NZ. They had some good success with a number of good snapper landed. They were getting a berley trail going and then having a go, i dont fly fish so i didnt pay more attention sorry! But i think in NZ big snapper can be found much closer to rock ledges then they typically are here... Good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roo Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I can't see why you couldn't get a Snapper on fly. Low light periods in the shallows will see reds feeding close to the surface and in the shallows if that's where the bait is. A lot of snapper get pinned in very shallow water up here, often before you get the bail arm closed after a cast. I've read reports of guys casting lightly weighted jerkshads to swirls on the surface and coming up tight on a solid red on touchdown. This is on shallow reefs in moreton bay ranging from 7 to 3m deep. I'm still trying cheers Roo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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