Nice cast!It has been several years since I got into a really good bobber bite dang it, and I’m jonesin’! This was yesterday.
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Nice cast!It has been several years since I got into a really good bobber bite dang it, and I’m jonesin’! This was yesterday.
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tip down! lower to the water lineIt has been several years since I got into a really good bobber bite dang it, and I’m jonesin’! This was yesterday.
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I am never sitting still.I hardly ever leave it there untouched for 3 minutes. If it's not already doing something in the waves and wind, I'm twitching it, or finger twisting, or sometimes foot-long pulls draw strikes. I can't just let it sit there untouched and stare at it, even though I know that's a very legit presentation.
See above.Are most of you guys movers or just watchers?
I tend to cast out, maybe watch it sit for five minutes or so at the most, then a start to move it, hand twist, slow strips etc.
I have a hard time just sitting there watching it for a long time even with a good chop.
SF
No doubt that old patterns worked, and that lots of fish were caught before tungsten, but you can’t deny that tungsten makes things better.15+ years ago I didn’t have a single tungsten bead in my giant box of chironomids and had no trouble touching bottom in the deepest parts of pass lake. Often I fished a brass bead top fly and an unweighted blood worm. No swivel and straight 4x to top fly and 5x to bottom at the time. If the bite was really good I figured it took one minute to get to depth in 20-22’ FOW because that’s about as quick as I would generally need to set the hook. If the line is slack, a bare hook will get ya down there IMO. Tungsten certainly is nice, but a lot of fish were caught before it was popular.
Every fly in my box now has a tungsten bead. For 3 of those reasons anyway. My point was: worry not Matt, your flies are very likely getting down, tungsten or not.No doubt that old patterns worked, and that lots of fish were caught before tungsten, but you can’t deny that tungsten makes things better.
1. Tungsten puts your flies in the zone faster.
2. Tungsten gives you a better understanding of the exact zone you are fishing in, because it will stretch your leader out more true to the depth you set your indicator.
3. Tungsten holds your indicator more securely so you can notice micro takes more effectively. This means that lower weight doesn’t pin your indicator in a specific orientation allowing the indicator to move more with wind and waves.
4. Tungsten flows off my tongue better than Brass
Of course. I set it down for a photo while the flies were sinking. Good tip though!tip down! lower to the water line
On two pole lakes you can do both at the same time!Are most of you guys movers or just watchers?
at 32' I fish with the bobber right under the rod tip.Also, 10’ is not deep. Deepest I’ve fished under an indicator is around 32’.
There’s a lesson in there.I don't have any patience to watch a bobber/indicator even 3 minutes. So I don't to it.
for me, it's always when I take a swig of beer.If you want your indicator to go down look over at your buddy for a second.
Still no luck, get a sandwich in your hand.
Last resort and usually a sure thing, take a leak.
Slightly ashamed to admit that I didn’t know this.Here in WA in FF only waters, split shot is illegal