Question for seasoned fly anglers

[Charlie_Thompson]

why can't you use a booby?

Apparently boobies on sinking lines fished lazily can cause fish to be deep hooked, not good for C&R.

[jimmy]

Apparently boobies on sinking lines fished lazily can cause fish to be deep hooked, not good for C&R.

cheers Charlie, thats the same reason i was given why eggs are not allowed either

[pete]

Yup, its more to do with the way the fly is fished than the actual fly. If their just left static the fish have a tendancy to take them right down. I wouldnt have thought boobys would have been banned if fished on the surface but best check with the gaffer. Places I fish will allow Boobys on Hi-D lines if your on a kill ticket but again, check with the boss.

[Charlie_Thompson]

Aye it's usually boobies on a sinking line that are banned. You want to see some of the rules on Southern chalkstreams, dry fly only, but only certain dries fished in a certain way.

[oldessox]

There was a nice little promotional video for poppers filmed on stonebridge lakes , the trout were going mad for them and it seemed impossible to fail to catch with one. Lob it out , give it a twitch and the trout came up and wolfed it down. I heard some time later that the trout were being fed floating pellets prior to the popper being cast , once the pellets were eaten the popper was plopped where they had been
They do work , even without pre baiting with floating pellets , but they are no better than a muddler or any other surface disturbance fly, and as already stated , they are a pain to cast. I bought some in Florida to fish for bass , brought them home and used them on the trout lakes here occasionaly , it can be great fun watching the bow waves come up behind them as you draw them across the surface , but it's not really fly fishing is it?
Better a sedge dropped in the path of a cruising trout and wait for the rise and gentle sip of the trout , see him turn , "god save the queen" and strike
No better feeling in the world as the line begins to rise from the water beneath the tip of your rod and zips it's way across the lake to where your fly was before coming taught and putting a satisfying bow in the rod , better still if it dosn't stop there and starts removing spooled line from the reel.

Time I went fly fishing again

Ray