Also if you roll this route I have PLENTY of eggs in all sizes,  so I am sure I could spare a few for you.  I have King, Ho and Brown eggs.  If your cheap like me you can tie them for about 50 cents a dozen and that's including  the salt, sugar and or Borax  for curing

I'm still using a St Croix flyrod tip section on a noodle butt (forget the maker) that blew the tip on a School House rock.  I also have a St Croix, I think it is 10.5 but the handle is about 6" too long below the reel seat, about 10 years old.  I'm with HT on the reel and line, I am getting lazier and just use maxima ultra green 2 lbs lighter for leaders but not as big an issue on the milky genny.  I'm also with HT on the Floating jig and Twister, but I had a lot of hooks straighten, so I slide a dime or slightly smaller size cherry bobber up the leader, snell on a #2 egg hook, then slide the cherry bobber over the hook eye.  The heavier wire egg hook rarely straightens.
 
However, if the fish are not there it will not matter what you use for tackle.  I mainly switch to spinning gear either in response to higher water than I can fish fly tackle in, or cold temps that freeze the flyline in the guides too rapidly.  And the eggs are not panacea, I carried a spin rig and fly rig the last 4 times I went to the Genny and got no bites on eggs, and the last time I contacted fish it was with  a fly, right after trying the eggs. 
 
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Lucky, nothings a guarantee,  the spinning rod does give you an edge in certain conditions, like you said.  Edge is good. Thanks everyone for the great responses. I certainly will always have the fly rod in the car or with me in a tube on a pack. I just feel adding to the arsenal is a good thing, especially when sometimes the fly rod is just too much a PIA.  Very much appreciated, this help was. 
 
Charlie

I can just kinda see it now--
    Theres Charlie the Fly guy out on the SR with his new Noodle bottom bouncin away--Fly guys giving him longgg looks and a wide berth as they pass by.
  Suddenly at the bottom of a drift just as the spinning line is about to kinda pickup and swing -oops hangup-- Charlie raises his rod tip to get off the bottom and hears
 ##444@@@@!!! lifter.

 LOl 
 
 
 
 

Never fails.   I must admit the first winter I chuck and ducked, turning  a 3 wt line backwards, you could vacuum fish out of a hole. I really don't want to be the master flosser and liner, though.  I imagine I'll run floats when I can.  Hey, I'll be a snagger no matter what I do.
 
Charlie

Hey Charlie--
Just got back from up there- got in bout 1 AM yesterday ( Thurs) and bugged back to Ct bout 1 PM today-More of a quick house check and load of firewood kinda trip but did fish yesterday afternoon- noon  till dark
  Took the noodle and sacs instead of the Switch- all this talk got to me- lol.
    Put on new 10 lb Max instead of my usual Trilene at the suggestion of the clerk at the fishing store. Lotsa tangles and twists  with the new line. I didnt take the time to go out in the yard and stretch the first 50 yds or so.
 Fished an hour or so here and there- around Pineville Bridge -way below 2A and around Ellis.
    No hits and nothing seen - cept for a guy at Ellis who landed one- the only other guy there too. MAN was he using lotsa weights on his fly rod. He was a full 50 yds away from me and ya could hear PLOP when he cast.
  Stopped and watched Kiddie for bout 15 mins and saw 3 hookups later in the afternoon before ending down below 2A.
  Hardly any cars around  cept for up in Altmar-bout 5 at Elllis and only one or none elsewhere. Water was supposed to be 750 and looked it down low but not up top.
   Very slow fishin.  Never had a hit- but had a great time tryin.
  Hey - kinda felt like I had a lot more time 'in the zone' with the noodle. Perhaps thats the biggest difference.

Well, I started a trend- people not catching fish.  Trevor, you've dialed your expectations back enough to enjoy time on the water. I appreciate it, but about 4 hrs. in,  I'm ready for gill netting and harpoons.  Glad you got to come up, if only for a little while.   I imagine you'll be in for lots of security discussions at home.  It's the  early warning mental health issues that should be addressed . Lots of angry young men out there. I've pulled a few  off the slide.  A very tiny fraction go on to be mass killers, most go on  to be a drag on society in some fashion.  On a lighter note, if I don't get a fish to the bank in the next few trips, I think I'll qualify to be legally medicated.    My mind set may change some day, it's pretty goal/reward oriented right now.  Thanks for the report.

Charlie- Couldnt agree more with the  'mental' thing. After 28 yrs as a cop I have seen it most all the times something occured with a firearm--that and just plain hate or greed.
 In the cases of Stress- hate and greed if no guns were around they woulda used a knife or baseball bat- whatever is easiest and close to hand.
 We sportsmen are in for quite a struggle in the next few years- This- unfortunately- fits right into the hands of Antis of all descriptions.
     Am an office Holding Democrat- that said -think the next few years are gonna be very tough for we outdoor folk.
 Amazingly its the same folks pushing for legal Marijuana who will push the anti gun thingie--go figure. Strange new world out there and the City folks have the votes to do it there way too.
    They simply do not understand or want to understand our way of life. They think country folk are beneath them and that anyone who hunts or takes game is a bloodthirsty idiot- kinda on a par with a street thug.
     Think the Pres described that mind set very well with his clinging to their guns and religion statement.

I think the whole world is turning upside down. I'm trying to learn fly fishing (even picked up a new,inexpensive 8wt. rod)  and Charlie is picking up the spin gear. Now I'm really confused.Good luck to all you guys getting out and Happy Holidays to all.

Was in the garage looking around and recalling the 'old days'. Saw my old Lamprey spear -Hmmmmmmm
 
 We all hadem as kids- fearsome, dangerous, anti social and rather disturbed  group by todays standards. Can  ya just imagine what would happen if half dozen  kids with long multi pronged sharpened  spears came walkin down the street in todays world== lol.