Fly Fishing Dish » Bait http://flyfishingdish.com All about the Joys of Fly Fishing Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:24:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 The Argentine Way http://flyfishingdish.com/2008/09/20/the-argentine-way/ http://flyfishingdish.com/2008/09/20/the-argentine-way/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:20:57 +0000 CtScribe http://flyfishingdish.com/?p=83 The past weekend I had the opportunity to tour Rio de Plata, the largest river in the world. While there I had the opportunity to meet a number of men fishing along the dikes that ran along the waters edge. After speaking with there fishermen, I found that the general method of fishing was very [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The past weekend I had the opportunity to tour Rio de Plata, the largest river in the world. While there I had the opportunity to meet a number of men fishing along the dikes that ran along the waters edge. After speaking with there fishermen, I found that the general method of fishing was very simple, using a double-jig unit. Due to the fact that the land surrounding the river is highly developed, there is not a lot of room for unnecessary casting, thereby ruling out the use of spoons or other types of spinning bait.

Furthermore, the targeted fish is a large bottom-feeder in the carp family, making bottom-fishing very effective. The setup that is used by most fishermen is very simple, it consists of a steel leader attached to a heavy lead weight. Along the steel leader there are two tag leaders that each hold a large hook.

On each of the two hooks there are two typical baits that are used by that Argentine fishermen, white rubber jigs, or live minnows, typically two or three minnows per hook.

To fish such a unit, the fisherman casts the line as far as possible, places the rod in a holder along the waters edge, and just waits. Although it seems like such a simplistic means by which to feed your family, it was very interesting to see the talent that it took to reel a fish in the air from a dike that is twenty feet in the air.

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