raising my handMost flinger fishers toss out bobbers while some fish a full sinking line, straight down. How many here, fish a dry or intermediate line and slow-strip a chironomid or may fly nymph with reasonable success?
x2I’ll say this, I hate staring at my bobber while motionless on a lake. So I tend to run full sink with various weighted flies, trolling with my feet or stripping.
Plus to me the takes are that much more worth it. I like to feel the nibble. Granted it’s not as productive as hanging a midge at times but I’m moving and covering water.
Not me! There are times that I really like sitting motionless and staring at a bobber. Lunchtime for instance, the perfect time to chironomid fish. Another time is during a hot 'mid bite and form a hog line parallel to the shore and cast to the fish. A great time to tell jokes and BS. Another time that works for me is after several hours of kicking and landing fish it is nice to just be still for awhile. I seldom start out a day chironomid fishing but at some point it is always nice to rest and give it a try. Coffeepot is a damned big lake and always requires a lot of kicking/rowing to get around. I have 3 spots I really like to 'mid fish but they take a long time to reach. Once there it is nice to stop moving and just fight fish.I’ll say this, I hate staring at my bobber while motionless on a lake. So I tend to run full sink with various weighted flies, trolling with my feet or stripping.
Plus to me the takes are that much more worth it. I like to feel the nibble. Granted it’s not as productive as hanging a midge at times but I’m moving and covering water.
+1 for that. It seems like I do that every time I go out. I have quite a few memories of turning around and seeing a fish jumping and the rod in the holder bent down into the water. Makes for some frantic activity! Seems like my landing them is about 50%.Lunchtime for instance, the perfect time to chironomid fish.
Try getting a two rod endorsement and do a little of both. If you move real slow in a tube the indicator rig will still work and you can cast and strip. If the bobber keeps going down you just start using it full time.I’ll say this, I hate staring at my bobber while motionless on a lake. So I tend to run full sink with various weighted flies, trolling with my feet or stripping.
Plus to me the takes are that much more worth it. I like to feel the nibble. Granted it’s not as productive as hanging a midge at times but I’m moving and covering water.