And it is porbably just fine with the transplanted locals, I hear if three or 4 guys get in the brook with a snow fence and a few other guys walk downstream you don't even need to get your lines wet, and you can fill a couple of coolers way before light, and then go act effete in the flyzones. Jeez, if we make enough noise we can fill all the hotels twice a day, like shifts, and take some of the pressure off the Erie tribs when we pull the Pa guys and the Ohio guys up! We can probably get the Pulaski to Altmar corridor back to the glory days of cricket snagging!
 
L13

Speaking of weighted trebble hooks -- how heavy does your Fly Rod have to be to effectively throw them ??  I would  HATE to become a Neandrathal and go back to spinning.

retired guy

Speaking of weighted trebble hooks -- how heavy does your Fly Rod have to be to effectively throw them ??  I would  HATE to become a Neandrathal and go back to spinning.

 
I just got off the phone with the snagging gang that's coming up this weekend.....we're going to 11 wt to chuck those crickets.......stoke up the smokers 'cause we will have the meat!

Hey- not to change the subject or anything but whats the deal with the Rapalas or swimming stick baits for Steel?
 Saw  it a few times on the feeder last week and kinda cringed at those things running through pools and up the side of banks. Saw them fished up and down stream and even across the pools.
   Trebble hooks?
 Couldnt see the hooks and as I tend walk around guys fishing so as not to bother them -always figured a wide berth for a way up and down stream was the polite way..

Regs.........

• Only one hook with a single hook point is permitted, except that floating lures may have multiple hooks including double and treble hooks only as permitted below or in Lake Erie tributaries where multiple hook points are permitted.

Floating Lures

• A "floating lure" is a lure that floats while at rest in water regardless of any weight attached to the line, leader or lure.
• Any hooks on a floating lure must be attached to the lure by a ring or swivel.
• The distance between the body of a floating lure and the points of any attached hooks shall not exceed one and one-half inches.

Hey Clint.....what do the Lake Ontario regs say?  

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/31420.html
 
Waters With Restrictions On The Use Of Multiple Hooks with Multiple Points On Floating Lures
 All Lake Ontario tributaries except the Oswego and Salmon Rivers Cayuga & Oswego Restricted to 1 hook with a single hook point September 1 through March 31
 
Salmon River Oswego Restricted to 1 hook with a single hook point August 15 through October 31
 
Genesee River Monroe Restricted to 1 hook with a single hook point from the Driving Park bridge upstream to the lower falls September 1 through November 30
 
All other tributaries and the Oswego River All Multiple single, double, or treble hooks are permitted at all times

Thanks Clint,I knew I could count on you!

So would a 4" long Intuder on a Switch rod be an acceptable alternative to a 4" long rapala on a spin rod, when the goal of each is to provoke a "Defense of Redd" response from the spawners that a few years ago posters on this board said it was unethical (and I think is still perceived as unethical on the Erie tribs) to be targetting in any way in the spring.  Or maybe the rapala is the new J plug, which is a great trolling bait for fall kings in the lake but was definitely an expensive cricket in the river until outlawed by the wording of the regulations on floating lures, especially if they are using them in the little creeks like OB and TC.  But I know exactly what Dime is talking about with floaters along cut banks (or hotshots if you got em) the poor man's drift boat when the water is up, and a perfectly legal and ethical way to have your arms wrenched around heavily!! Ace in the Hole!
 
L13 

Lucky, are you referring to an intruder with a treble??? Id think dec would knock it down as the fly does sink. Ive only pulled rapalas a handful of times and my intent was dropbacks or lake fresh fish. I dont look for redds nor prefer to target them. I dont think its a sin if someone does...