I got an idea! But y'all stick with me on this one, it will sound weird.

Question:
Flyfishing where I'm at (the swamps) isn't always feasible because of the overhead brush, but has anyone tried connecting a length of flyfishing line to the end of a plain old rod/reel line? (someone correct my terminology please...)

If it works, it could expand one's options in what/where one could catch something such as if water's too shallow for float fishing.

Background:
Used to carry a 2 piece rod/reel strapped to my backpack when I went off backpacking. It did ok sometimes supplementing my pack food when I was lucky enough to catch something.

My "favorite" was spending 1 hour looking for grubs/worms to use for bait and only caught a little brim. Water was too shallow to have anything else in it. Almost threw him back because he was so small, and decided that I worked over an hour for him and I was going to be damned if I was going to give him up... he was a tasty appetizer...