I just wondered if anyone fly fishes for other species besides trout and salmon, in the sea? Whether from shore or in boat? If so I'm wondering what tackle you use, rod size, line weight. di3, 5, 7 etc and what you fish for?

Also, this part is off topic, but I also wonder if you do regular sea fishing too with rod reel and line?

I was hoping to also get back into sea fishing and wondering what you would recommend for fishing from shore/rocks/harbour into deep water?

I was thinking of just getting a regular spinning reel and maybe having something like 15lb line on to fish for Bass, Mullet, and maybe bottom dwellers too, but was unsure as to what type of rod I would need to get what make and size and if you can get sea rods that break down into more pieces given they are generally bigger than freshwater rods for trout e.g. 9' #6.

I was going to fish in places like Scarborough, Whitby, Whitehaven, Workington. So Yorkshire coast and also Cumbrian.

I used to fish many years ago just for Mackrel using feathers but was never very sucessful.

Oooff! That's a lot of questions for one post, John.

I do a spot of SWFF and usually find an intermediate line to be best from the shore but have used a Di7 from the boat to get down deep. This is on an 8/9# weight oufit that copes well with the bigger lures you have to chuck out.

I have to admit I know nothing about the marks you mention but for all-round sea fishing from the shore a medium/heavy spinning outfit should see you OK. It's not going to lob baits off 200m into the surf but it will get you pier/rock/beach fishing and have the chance to connect with something.

Best of luck,

Davie

Mackeral fishing on the fly is good sport. only did it a couple of times but can be good fun.
Caught a mackeral on the fly while they were breaking and then all of a sudden every mackeral that had been breaking infront of me disappeared with the only one left being on the end of my line going crazy, then a seal swims in and takes the mackeral on my line. amazing to see.
so technically iv had a seal fly fishing too ha ha ha.

Hi John. Choice of sea fishing tackle is really dependant on exactly where your fishing, local knowledge is key. West coast is closest to me but i have fished the places you mention with average results at best. While my fluff chucking is ok, my lead lobbing is rather good . If you find the right place and fish are in front of you, you dont need a big rod and heavy tackle, I use a shakespeare 9ft ugly stick spin with a cheap ass fixed spool reel and 15lb line. Further out and I'll use my trusty daiwa power bass for casting similar weights (less than 1.5oz)up to 120 or so yards.
Sadly many places these days require a huge cast, and for that theres no substitute for a beachcasting rod and multi reel for the shear leverage, or for chucking out huge weights to counter the current but sadly this reduces the fight markedly.
I was going to bang on about tackle and tackticks but I've had a much better idea.......... save your money and time. I'll probably get some flack for this but sea fishing in England in my vast experiance is poor at best. Compared to what Scotland has to offer. Me and my mates have stopped sea fishing in England as compared to up-north its a waste of time/money/diesel, better to go less often and catch lots. I dont mind sharing this and if you go, please write a report, but sea fishing around the isle of whithorn is honestly as good as it gets. An hour or so past dumfries and stay at the holiday village camp site. You wont need anything other than a spinning rod and reel............ and of course your fly rod. Climb down the cliffs to the left (the steeper the cliff seems to point to deper water) and you can do a 20ft lob into 60ft of water. Silly statement time but there are so many fish around that coast you simply can't blank, and the number of species is outa this world........ here goes....... Mackeral, pollock, coal fish, grey mullet, red mullet, gurnard, ballan wrass, dog fish and bull huss, thorn back ray, place and spurr dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you send me a PM I'll tell you more but in all honesty as a rule of thumb, if somewhere is remote and difficult to get to, ie not fished or humanised, it will hold fish close to shore.

Get your climbing boots on.

best regards

Rob