04-25-2017, 12:58 PM
[#0000FF]I would be the last one to criticize someone for buying a new thing for fishing...that seemed like it "might work". A lot of the stuff that is designed to catch fishermen...not fish...has found a home with me.
Just a thought on our local lakes. If the fish are showing in less than about 15-20 feet of water you really don't have to troll that deep to catch them. That is especially true for trout. They cruise around, looking upward, and will rise a long ways up in the water column to take something above them. So just adding a small amount of weight to a fly or small lure will usually get your offering deep enough to get fishy attention.
I make jigs and tie flies. One of my favorite slow trolling rigs for tube fishing is a jig and fly combo. I rig the jig on a dropper (8-10 inches) and then have the fly trailing behind about 3-4 feet...subject to personal preferences and fish acceptance.
I fish this rig when casting or drifting...with the combo riding above bottom. But for fishing the bottom zone I will often rig with the jig on the bottom and the fly riding on the dropper above.
See attached pics and diagram.
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Just a thought on our local lakes. If the fish are showing in less than about 15-20 feet of water you really don't have to troll that deep to catch them. That is especially true for trout. They cruise around, looking upward, and will rise a long ways up in the water column to take something above them. So just adding a small amount of weight to a fly or small lure will usually get your offering deep enough to get fishy attention.
I make jigs and tie flies. One of my favorite slow trolling rigs for tube fishing is a jig and fly combo. I rig the jig on a dropper (8-10 inches) and then have the fly trailing behind about 3-4 feet...subject to personal preferences and fish acceptance.
I fish this rig when casting or drifting...with the combo riding above bottom. But for fishing the bottom zone I will often rig with the jig on the bottom and the fly riding on the dropper above.
See attached pics and diagram.
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