I apologise for all the questions.
I was under the impression that "Coarse " fishing was related to non flyfishing activities, or to non trout related fishing.
Is a " Coarse " fish not a trout, or is it the method of fishing.

taken from wikipedia.

google search is powerfull when you know how

I have always considered coarse fish as not being a member of the salmon family. Game fish are brown trout and seatrout, rainbow trout, char, salmon and grayling.

All the rest are coarse fish.

herman,
three distinct types of fish caught on fly.
1) salmonid family which includes trout, seatrout,salmon, and occasionally char. these are classed as game fish. and tend to all spawn late october through february. hence close seasons for them from october to march with regional variations.
2)coarse fish, too many to mention totally, but the likes of pike, perch, roach, carp, bream, tench, etc, and tend to spawn april through june hence their close season.
3) saltwater fish, again too many too mention, with various spawning times.

the method of fishing for them all varies from baits to spinning to fly fishing, which is the topic of this forum, and it is possible to catch them all on the fly.
However people who fish specifically for salmonids are generally called game anglers, those who fish for coarse fish called coarse anglers, and those who fish for sea fish sea anglers, bit obvious but thats the way it is!!
hope this clarifys your understanding.
regards
bert.

You could refer to fly fishing for other fresh water species as fly fishing for coarse fish or you could say you were fishing for Pike on the fly or Carp on the fly.

You can target any species with a fly set up, just as you can target any species with a coarse set up.

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Google I know. I was actually looking for the local version.

Is a Yellow therfore coarse

Tongue in cheek, runs & waits

Is "yellow" some sort of South African bigot speak for smallmouth bass?

Eeeisshh, but you Engelse are fast on the buttons

Thanks, to all. It's just strange to me that any fish or style of fishing could be called coarse.

There again it's probably due to my "image" of coarse.

This hapens to be : A "fisherman ??? next to the water with 2 litres of brandy, 1 litre of Coke , a rod with bait, and keeps every fish caught.

I was a baitie, progressed to lures and after a 10 year break found fly fishing.

For me, any fish on a fly is an achievement, be they "coarse" or not. In fact my biggest f/f to date is a "coarse" 12.5kg Carp, caught by accident whilst fishing for Large Mouth Yellows on the Vaal River.

Dear ??? Ephemerella,

Firstly, I see that you choose to hide your true self behind a blind on your personal profile. I am known by my name, Herman Jooste and am proud to be called as such.

Secondly, if you had to take the time from being such a **** you may just have Googled " Yellow Fish " and learned something about other fish species.

Last but not least, the term bigot could lead to very many supersitions.

Never judge a person untill you have walked a month in their moccasins.

There again "my kind" would probably welcome you on our forums, that's if you had anything constructive to add, if not you would probably be ignored, which in hindsight I should have done anyway.

Enjoy your fishing BOET.

Herman,

I hope you ignore the crass and frankly ignorant comment from the previous forum member.

I gather that the Yellow Fish is a member of the Barbel family (barbus aeneus)- I have a client (that I tie for) that fishes for Barbel here in the UK on the fly and reports that they fight like demons!

Kind regards

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