Weather pending, I'm hoping to get out on the tube tomorrow. Can I get away with using an intermediate sink to strip some big bugs or will I be on the bottom too much? I have some bugs I've tied that are weighted enough I could probably use my floating line and be OK. Never done the fly thing out there before. Thanks.
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Intermediate would be cool.
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It's relatively shallow, but the weeds shouldn't be too much of a problem. I've done well with intermediate sink even in the middle of summer when the weeds are up. Still, you might have to paddle out more towards the middle to get your best strips.
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It depends on how fast you strip and how heavy your bugs are. At regular speeds and unweighted flies you'll be fine.
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[quote OldTroller]It depends on how fast you strip and how heavy your bugs are[/quote]
Ya'll fly flingers sure talk funny! Tell ya - take that out of context, and . . . might raise a few 'brows!
It was a bit later into spring, but last year watched a couple fellers standing on the benches of their boat in the corner north/east from the point. Quite shallow, very weedy, but they were on fire. I don't think they were stripping line, but they were on fire - every cast. Think mostly the Gills coming to play.
I didn't see what they were using, sorry. Sure can be enough flies down there to be matching hatches with!
If it was the Layton boys, they were using Chironomids...and floating line.
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I've killed them on a red san juan, princes nymphs and light green damsel nymphs in the past. Using floating line and a slow retrieve.
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Thanks. We got on the water at about 4 and fished til dark. By the inlet was really slow, neither of us got a touch. Talked to a gentleman as he was leaving that was flyfishing, he caught a couple bass and a couple trout. Fished all back in that bay and didn't get anything. A lot of bugs coming off the water but not many fish rolling. Made our way over to the point and I caught 4 bass, once being a nice fat 17 incher. Caught a few gills, nothing to big, and never even saw a slime rocket. Water is still a titch on the cold side I think
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So what fly did you use? Once while I was there, there were two gentlemen out on pontoons. Both catching fish...a lot of fish. One was using a brown bugger, the other an olive. So..... I tied on a brown and olive Gartside softhackle #6 and slammed them. Also used a type II line, got to get down.
Purple Showgirl and Rickards Blood and burnt orange seal bugger always produce there.
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[quote flygoddess]So what fly did you use? Once while I was there, there were two gentlemen out on pontoons. Both catching fish...allot of fish. One was using a brown bugger, the other an olive. So..... I tied on a brown and olive Gartside softhackle #6 and slammed them. Also used a type II line, got to get down.
Purple Showgirl and Rickards Blood and burnt orange seal bugger always produce there.[/quote]
Caught everything on a brown bugger. I'd cast and count to thirty five before I started to strip. Tried doing to technique of counting to such a number then throw a few casts if no hits change up the count by 5 seconds or so, I just never could quite seem to figure them out. I actually started out with the purple showgirl and didn't get a touch, my buddy was using a california leech in a reddish color. I did try the floating line with a strike indicator and a snocone chironomid with a size 18 pheasant tail underneath it but didn't have any touches. The breeze was just right to be able to keep my line tight and put out some line, I was planning on slamming them with that but no dice. I'm hoping to get out again Wednesday after work.
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As far as Chironomids, maybe try an IRISH SPRING>
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Fished it yesterday out of the DB. Did really well on the North end. Chartreuse Cone Head wooly bugger. Caught a bunch of bluegill and 2 LM. Floating line and a 7.5 foot leader.
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