Hair jigs & SpinFly concept

Caught wind of this new concept called SpinFly fishing. Thought I should give it a try. To be honest, I'm no fan of fly fishing. In fact, I nearly got hooked by some Fly Fishos some years ago when I went too near to observe their casting. Needless to say, I wasn't impressed by the hard work required to cast a fly. Much too troublesome & frankly, they weren't as productive as normal rod, line & sinker fishing goes. I'm a little biased here! hahahaha.

But, although fly casting is troublesome, the fly design themselves has proven to catch some species of fish. Some fish in fact are more 'susceptible' to whacking flies than any other lure designs. One such fly that I use regularly is the Streamer. Non-fly fisho calls it hair jig. It is basically a simple design that any angler can tie one himself. To cast the hair jig out, I use a small 5g round ball sinker tied to a thin clear 10lb mono line as leader. This is basically finesse fishing so all tackles used should be ultra light.

The Streamer Fly

You can either make one yourself or buy it from the tackle shops. One such tackleshop that  sells ready made flies is TackleBox Adventures located in Subang Jaya.

You can make the fly by using either actual deer hair or just those plastic fibres from dusters but the most important part of the fly is the flash habou strips that you should add in generously. The color of the fly is entirely personal but is best to imitate baitfish in the waters you are fishing at.

A minnow