Using a Fly fishing rod for spinners??

**Jamie Donnelly** · 21-12-2006, 13:18

is it possible to use a fly rod and reel and put a small spinner on the end?

would it be worth i or should i stick to light rods and fixed reels??

thanks,

Jamie

**dc101** · 21-12-2006, 13:26

The rod's action will be too soft I suspect

**salmon** · 21-12-2006, 13:40

you will hardly be able to retrieve the spinner fast enough to get it to spin anyways.

**Shropfisher** · 21-12-2006, 16:41

There are a range of spinners, small ones, designed for catching Trout on a Fly rod that would work, your talking thumb nail size, But I would have thought you would be better off with a Sparkler, Fry pattern or similar, the flowing action is more appealing to predatory fish.

**Jamie Donnelly** · 21-12-2006, 16:47

mackerel would take a large silver fly/feather thing. so i could go fly fishing for mackerel!!

Jamie

**salmon** · 21-12-2006, 16:59

Originally Posted by Jamie Donnelly

mackerel would take a large silver fly/feather thing. so i could go fly fishing for mackerel!!

Jamie

caught a bass on a fly in an estuary. only small. youll also catch pollock,scad garfish and other smaller species on the fly.

caught the bass on a snake fly which i also use for salmon. the main body is very silvery and shiny and has black and blue fur coming offf the top of the fly. very attractive in the water.

**maxwilliam** · 22-12-2006, 04:42

Certainly there are tiny spinners used in fly fishing, fly spoons I think they're
called.
I had the reverse problem when I tried to catch a large mullet at Stoke Gabriel tidal millpool. I couldn't get a touch when spinning with small spinners on a light spinning rod. I had a few flies in my bag and tied one on and added a couple of small splitshot for casting weight. No mullet but about a dozen small bass (I mean small).

You never know until you try.