Dogfish on the fly?
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Dogfish on the fly?
Is it possible? Are there any other "unconventional" species which could be taken from the shore on the fly? i.e. anything other than bass, pollack, wrasse etc.
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Re: Dogfish on the fly?
Hi I had a ballen wrasse in cork one time was fishing for bass and pollock at the time in close to a cliff wall.
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Re: Dogfish on the fly?
Check out "Fishing Film and Facts" podcast on web. There is one episode on "everything on the fly".
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Re: Dogfish on the fly?
Mullet can be taken on the fly and give a brilliant fight.
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Re: Dogfish on the fly?
This topic cropped up somewhere on the forum here a while back, pretty sure that there was 'evidence' of a guy who caught a doggy on the fly and/or another guy who caught a ray on the fly.
Unconventional is the word for it. Doggies and ray are not sight predictors and its beyond me how they managed to catch them on the fly, I can only imagine that maybe a touch of bait or some scent was added to the fly - which defeats the purpose somewhat unless you just want the fight to be on a fly rod(?).
Without adding bait or scent then you'd be a long time trying for one of these species! Pretty crazy tbh.
There are some 'unconventional' (tricky) fish that might be worth trying though of you really want to e.g flounder, dab, halibut, gar, cod, pouting, whiting, gurnard, wrasse, scad, bream... There are people who dedicate some effort to some of these species.
Know people that have caught shark (blues and tope) on fly rod but they added bait to the fly.
happy fly fishing..
Unconventional is the word for it. Doggies and ray are not sight predictors and its beyond me how they managed to catch them on the fly, I can only imagine that maybe a touch of bait or some scent was added to the fly - which defeats the purpose somewhat unless you just want the fight to be on a fly rod(?).
Without adding bait or scent then you'd be a long time trying for one of these species! Pretty crazy tbh.
There are some 'unconventional' (tricky) fish that might be worth trying though of you really want to e.g flounder, dab, halibut, gar, cod, pouting, whiting, gurnard, wrasse, scad, bream... There are people who dedicate some effort to some of these species.
Know people that have caught shark (blues and tope) on fly rod but they added bait to the fly.
happy fly fishing..

Charlie
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40lb+ stinger, shore skate, shore tope, 10lb+ cod
2025 targets:
40lb+ stinger, shore skate, shore tope, 10lb+ cod
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Re: Dogfish on the fly?
I’m sure it’s more than possible.... tie a big chunk of mackerel to the clouser and flick it out there:)
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Re: Dogfish on the fly?
I've had small flounder on the fly. Fishing Crazy Charlie (shrimp) patterns in the surf.
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Re: Dogfish on the fly?
My wife had a dogfish on a German sprat lure her first time out, 2nd cast. Foul hooked in the tail over rocks, wouldn’t have believed it if I wasn’t beside her.
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Re: Dogfish on the fly?
Without bait additives
Flounder - garfish - bream - mullet- shad - seatrout - cod - plaice - - try mullet next few weeks on micro streamers as they run into the estuaries - tend to be eager to eat!
Flounder - garfish - bream - mullet- shad - seatrout - cod - plaice - - try mullet next few weeks on micro streamers as they run into the estuaries - tend to be eager to eat!