[Rob Brownfield]

So, imagine a small spate river, maybe 10-12 meters wide.
Just imagine there is a pool, perhaps 30 meters long, averaging about 2-3 feet deep with a steady push.
About half way down is a large rock sticking out the water, and a couple of smaller ones under the surface.
Imagine a couple of salmon sitting just downstream of the rock in question.
Now imagine the bank is tree lined with only a couple of gaps to poke a rod into.

Would you:

• Wade in upstream and fish a fly down to the fish, remembering that the rock means you can only swing a fly to a fish, not past its nose...so effectively fish the fly on the dangle. very little room to cast, would have to be a 9 foot rod.
  
  Wade in Downstream and flick a fly up to the fish, maybe a Sunray, and strip it back hoping the fish will follow.
  
  Stand opposite and flick a small Mepps spinner as close to the rock and wind it back across the fishes nose.
  
  Any other legal method (no worming allowed).

Hypothetical of course...and if I catch the fish, I will post the hypothetical photo too

[Eddie Sinclair]

Rob,

I would try both methods with the fly, assuming that the first method failed. I would not do the mepps thing as I do not posses a spinning rod, however I would try and get directly opposite the fish and rip a large sunray passed them at warp factor 3 just under or on the surface as this would be the most likely method to get a response, hypothetically speaking.

Eddie.

[Rob Brownfield]

Eddie, If I could get opposite with a fly rod and sunray, that would be my first option, but the fish is sitting (hyperthetically) about 4 meters out and there are big overhanging trees on both banks. There is a small openning big enough to squeeze a small spinning rod through.

I may be able to get above the fish, throw a couple of mends out the way and drift the fly down, then, strip so the fly shoots off at a angle to the fish rather than straight upstream.

I may also go down with a chain saw and do some logging!

[Hamish Young]

I may also go down with a chain saw and do some logging!

Hypothetically, of course  Have you gone all colonial on us Rob What's with this meter shit Metres.....

 

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