Thread: About fishing Crappie on a fly

Don't get caught with any of that boys feathers or you look to get a big fine!!! It just aint' worth it.

Fatman

A fine for Blue Heron Feathers?
Hmmm that sure gives a guy a reason to think that one over.
In AK you still see guys with Eagle Tail Feathers in their hats. There's a big fine for some of the ways you GOT those Eagle Tail feathers, but not for just having them.
Hopefully that is the same with the Blue Heron.

this is from a thread on a fly tying board, take it as you will just don't want to see anybody go to jail:

There have been instances of people getting arrested by federal wildlife agents and charged with violating federal law at craft shows when they had items they were selling that had prohibited feathers in them, this includes fly tyers. Found heron is technically legal to use on flies for your own use; however, you better be able to prove you found it, something that is nearly impossible. It is also legal if you got it from a wildlife agent (i.e. like from a hatchery because it got caught in the netting, but you need to have a letter or note on letterhead saying who gave it to you, the date, why it died, and his signature), if you can prove it was acquired by someone prior to 1972 when the restriction on possessing it went into effect (this is very difficult unless you have a certified letter or a bill of sale authenticating when it was first acquired by someone), or if you bought it from someone in the UK because it is legal to import UK Heron feathers (but you better have the bill of sale to prove it).

Fatman

A thought when choosing full sink lines. They casta lot differently than floating lines, so to keep your rod action within it's design parameters, you will most likely need do drop down one or two line sizes to get a decient casting action. For example, you may need a 3-4 wt. full sink line for a 5 wt rod to achieve the same casting action. That's why I only use sink lines on my 6 & 8wt rods.

Originally Posted by Fatman

Go to Fly Anglers OnLine, Your Complete Internet Flyfishing Resource. and look for articles by Rick Zieger. He fish's alot for panfish from shore and in a canoe and does really well. If you have specific questions you just have to ask him and he'll help you out real nice guy.

He also has alot of patterns for panfish on the site. It would be worth your time to register and search through the site for ideas and help.

Fatman

I agree. Rick is a good guy and always willing to help others and share what he knows. So is Steve McCadams.

That's pretty confusing site. It's like a Read-only memory for Fly fishing.

there is a guy down in georgia named bill byrd I believe, and he has a site under the heading of byrdultrafly I think, but I'll have to search for it again to make sure. he uses 1-3 wt. rods for panfish, and has caught big bass too. don't get the idea that a weighted fly is a bad thing, sometimes it's just what you need, and when you use them it is generally a close to the boat proposition, anyway that byrd guy has some gooood reading.

ok I just found byrds site by searching byrdultrafly, and there are other guys too that have been mentioned.