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The fishing of the snapper with Technique FlyIt is possible to mention that the fishing of the snapper with the Technique of Fly is considered like of great difficulty, reason why is little common and almost strange it practices it of this technique for the search of snapper on the part of which they practice it; nevertheless it is described next like integral part of the present writing.
Given the degree of difficulty mentioned in the previous paragraph, it becomes essential that the  fisherman with fly locates the area very well where knows beforehand that they grow the snapper as they are it coastal lagoons and estuaries, breakwater, pylons of wharves, rocky projections, reefs, massive, zones of surge and borders of mangles, and will depend on the atmosphere where it is fished, the equipment to use.

Equipment recommended
For the fishing of snapper from the border will be able to be used a cane 9, of 2,75 meters (9 feet) of length, possible the fast action and most rigid.
The Extra line Fast sinking, as minimum of 20 pounds, compensated density and a leader of 1,20 meters (4 feet) of length. It is not needed backing much, since, although it is a resentment of great power, rare time the snapper will extract more than 50 or 60 meters of line. The previous thing, obvious, will depend on the size and weight of the captured snapper.

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For the case that the this fishing itself in deep waters cane will have to be at least one 11, of average and quite rigid action, first to be able to work somewhat heavy flies with heavy line and second, so that the rigidity of the cane helps us to nail the hook and to be able to control quickly to the snapper avoiding so castling.
For this case the spool will be able not to count with more than 140 or 150 meters of line, since at any moment we will have to avoid that the snapper castling or is introduced to its guarida.

Techniques for fly fishing

Blind Casting
When this fishing itself snapper near wharves and breakwater, recommends blind casting, parallel to the structures.
Remembering that the snapper pleases to grow the depths, of it will have to allow the fly to submerge almost until the bottom, of there, the necessity that the line is of compensated density which will allow to maintain the fly us during more submerged time and in addition that lowers uniformly.
For blind casting, the recovery of the fly must be slow with short pulls, as if and Go were the Stop technique, described previously.

For the case when fishing in lagoons and coastal estuaries, to achieve full success, it will be necessary of the mosquero, to look for those zones with sunk structures or that has banks of crustaceans, once determined it will be come to make parallel launchings to the borders soon to come to casting in fan form on the structures or the banks of crustaceans.
It is important to remember that in coastal estuaries and mangles, the success of the fishing of snapper has settled down in low or dry tides, so that the casting will be able closely together to be made from the boat towards the borders placing the fly by the roots of mangle and leaving a little is deepened, gathering it in such a way that simulates to pececillo wounded or with great problems of I swim.

Fishing to depth with equipment fly
to manage to fish in deep waters to the snapper, is essential that the first sunk structure is located, immediately afterwards of fattening of the area. By the characteristics of weight of the flies, the recommended fattened technique of more is the one to fatten by means of cages, in which they will be deposited, heads of shrimp, markets of sardines, etc. This cage will have to count on a mechanism of gradual liberation of bait or bait.
The cages approximately about 50 centimeters before touching to bottom or the structure and behavior to the liberation will be recommendable losses.

 

 
   

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