Favourite Spinning Method

[Sloggi]

The water is fairly high, about 1 1/2' above summer level, slightly coloured, but still fairly warm in early august. There are a few fresh fish showing and the odd sea-trout. You reach for the spinning rod and...what lure/set-up will you use...?

p.s. You've broken your only fly rod, lost you fly boxes, and are 300 miles from the nearest tackle shop

[speycaster]

dont make it to easy will yer lol ;D

[kercock]

1 ..........Silver Salmo,cast upstream as far as poss and wind like buggery

2 Ruby red floating devon,probably 2"

3 rapala 11cm,upstream or across wind fast,not as fast as buggery, but fast,probably black and silver,..

[johnmac]

whats a silver Salmo Dennis ...... excuse my simplistic salmon brain!!! It took me six months to figure out that a garden fly was a worm!! ;D ;D

[Sloggi]

Great big lure like a toby - like a soup ladel

[kercock]

A Salmo is an lure made by ABU and is a bit like a king size Toby,Said to be no longer made but it certainly can be got. A wellknown tackle shop in Perth sells them but they charge more than they cost when they were freely available. The Salmo is a very very good lure, cast upstream,especially when there are grilse about. The Salmon has two split rings above the hook,I tend to put a swivel between those split rings.... Almost no leverage and the fish can twist all it wants to,no problem which means no tearing on the mouth of the fish and if you wish you can release them............nae bother,

[sinkingtip]

Ditto Kercock re the 30g 'Salmo'. Alternatives would be a Flying C : two 18 G toby's tied lengthwise together - (just remove the swivel from the lower one then link them with the split rings) : Mepps (if light tackle is being used). All cast upstream, slightly upstream or across the current and retrieved at an appropriate pace eg. slightly faster than the natural flow. If you are in water where you can see a fish following don't be tempted to slow your rate of retrieve thinking that you if you do it will allow the fish to 'catch' the lure (fatal) - if anything speed up - otherwise they will immediately turn and vanish back into the depths !! Learned this through having used Mepps for years (in the dark ages and to good effect) on smaller rivers where 'visibility' is more pronounced.