For sure. I'm a huge fan of hand mixing in a couple strips of blue uv flash. Probably just one of those things that may or may not make a difference but I like to do it.
Balanced vs Standard Leech Under Indicators
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I love these beads…
Ask Irafly.......he steals all my fish using this method at Pass Lake whenever we are both up there.......
I am surprised he has not chimed in. He really has it dialed in and could give some good points on it.
I am surprised he has not chimed in. He really has it dialed in and could give some good points on it.
He uses green indicators right?Ask Irafly.......he steals all my fish using this method at Pass Lake whenever we are both up there.......
I am surprised he has not chimed in. He really has it dialed in and could give some good points on it.
I like the color hot spot. But a little fluorescent ice dubbing works too. I have good results using a gold or copper bead with hot orange or yellow ice dubbing just behind it.
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My belief is trout get in moods especially in early early spring when a hot head can be just killer and unbeatable. It's not all the time though.
So I vote yes.
Tom, I've always been kind of baffled by the crappie in that local reservoir. That place gets drawn down to a mudhole, then freezes over in winter, and then spring runoff gets diverted out of the creek to fill it back up. I can't figure out where those things come from. Certainly not further up the creek, yet they are there every year.
@ifsteve - A couple years ago, I had a day at ---------- Lake, early March. The inflow that year was impressive and the trout were thick in the shoal formed by the creek. A simple black Simiseal balanced leech was deadly, even after most of it was torn apart. Would a jig have worked as well. Probably.
New shirts (at least the few I buy) don't come with straight pins anymore, I ran out of pins. @Billy and his Gloater have, at least to me, demonstrated that jig patterns work well (he put on a mega-clinic in front of me three weeks ago). My balanced leech box doesn't get the use it used to, my jig box gets the nod more often.
These are going to get soaked tomorrow.
New shirts (at least the few I buy) don't come with straight pins anymore, I ran out of pins. @Billy and his Gloater have, at least to me, demonstrated that jig patterns work well (he put on a mega-clinic in front of me three weeks ago). My balanced leech box doesn't get the use it used to, my jig box gets the nod more often.
These are going to get soaked tomorrow.
In my “humble” opinion, balanced/jigged patterns fish better as point flies under indicators than non balanced patterns. Both will work but balanced/jigged will provide a better horizontal profile when sitting static, thus more likely mimicking what they eat.
I don’t balance/jig my top pattern because like @troutpocket I tie the tippet for my point fly into the eye of my top fly.
I don’t balance/jig my top pattern because like @troutpocket I tie the tippet for my point fly into the eye of my top fly.
They hang out on the back side in the SE basin. Not very deep this spring as in many/most spots a kick will stir up the bottom, but their there. Needed GPS to mark brush piles for later today. And I think the new boat ramp will be worse, looks like more camber and curve than before but it's not open yet.
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I nearly always have either a true balanced leech or, more likely lately, a jigged leech as one of 2 flies under a bobber. Even when the mids are hot.
One aspect that I'm not sure I've seen in this great thread yet is the jig hooks lose way less fish than balanced hooks. Not sure why, but a good jig hook stuck in the snout ain't coming out. I think something with the balanced hooks somehow makes for either less sure hookups or an actual prybar effect on the hook. Anyone else notice this?
I still have about 20 balanced leeches, mostly bruised or reddish brown) in my box, but all new ones purchased or tied are on jig hooks. Love the Ahrex and Hanak jig hooks. Tough as nails and sharp.
One aspect that I'm not sure I've seen in this great thread yet is the jig hooks lose way less fish than balanced hooks. Not sure why, but a good jig hook stuck in the snout ain't coming out. I think something with the balanced hooks somehow makes for either less sure hookups or an actual prybar effect on the hook. Anyone else notice this?
I still have about 20 balanced leeches, mostly bruised or reddish brown) in my box, but all new ones purchased or tied are on jig hooks. Love the Ahrex and Hanak jig hooks. Tough as nails and sharp.
Once I first saw a jig hook, they became my hooks for balanced leeches. The Ahrex are great hooks.
Ira - do you use a pin with a bead on your jig to balance it? Or do you have another trick up your Iracator sleeve? The offset beads @Paul_ posted intrigue me (says the guy with too many fly boxes and too many flies).
I still tie some with pins.
What did I miss? Don't really see anything too outrageous....
I think it’s left over from the bulk indicator thread. Now touchy, too bad, no harm was intended from what I saw.
I come here to share what I enjoy, and expect to take an occasional ribbing from those of a different mind.
Tight lines @ifsteve