04-07-2019, 10:55 AM
[#0000FF]I have had a lot of catfish doubles while using two rods...one on each rod. But have never caught more than one on a single rod...even when fishing tandem jigs or fligs. Probably because catfish tend to be more solitary...even if they do congregate in the same general areas.
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[#0000FF]The two-rod double munch (by one cat) on Thursday was a first on fligs. But I was making a slow turn and both rigs were probably pretty close together. However, I have had cats take the baits on two different rods...and on one occasion the same fish slurped both mine and TubeBabe's nearby bait at the same time. But since we usually let the fish run a bit before setting the hook (while dragging bait) the potential for a "group gulp" is greater. Oh yeah, since her hook was deeper inside the fish's mouth, she got to claim the catch. I know how to keep peace in the fambly.
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[#0000FF]Wipers, on the other hand, DO school up and will climb on to both jigs at the same time. Very aggressive and competitive. I have had wiper doubles hooked up a few times but have never landed both fish. Two feisty wipers heading in different directions...on 6 or 8 pound leader usually means that something's gotta go. That results in one or both fish breaking off. I have landed one of the two wipers hooked a couple of times. But then I go back to fishing only a single lure after that.
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[#0000FF]Glad you like the fligs. And it is nice that you and Ira are flig missionaries. It has been fun seeing the reactions of folks when fish climb on a flig and hook themselves on the strike. Of course I will help you restock. I know the guy who makes them.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Howsomever...it is getting to be fishing time and making fligs really cuts into my schedule. I don't make these things to get rich. Far from it. They are very time-consuming and it takes a couple of days to whup up even a small batch. First I gotta drill out the foam plug. Then I do the basic shaping. After that...if it is a tailed flig...I have to put the hook in the vise and wrap on the tail. Then I cut the foam and insert the hook...and super glue it. Then comes the final smoothing and shaping. All that before painting, glittering and eyeing...and a finish coat.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]By actual timing it takes from 10 to 12 minutes to make each flig. If I charged any kind of labor charge nobody could afford them. But I work cheap...and I'm worth it.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I am happy that other folks like them and are enjoying good success with them. And I will keep on making them just to help others broaden their fishing horizons. But my wife is right. She says that my lure making - fly tying - rod building stuff "keep me off the streets and out of trouble". Also keeps me off the water. Everything has a down side.
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[#0000FF]The two-rod double munch (by one cat) on Thursday was a first on fligs. But I was making a slow turn and both rigs were probably pretty close together. However, I have had cats take the baits on two different rods...and on one occasion the same fish slurped both mine and TubeBabe's nearby bait at the same time. But since we usually let the fish run a bit before setting the hook (while dragging bait) the potential for a "group gulp" is greater. Oh yeah, since her hook was deeper inside the fish's mouth, she got to claim the catch. I know how to keep peace in the fambly.
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[#0000FF]Wipers, on the other hand, DO school up and will climb on to both jigs at the same time. Very aggressive and competitive. I have had wiper doubles hooked up a few times but have never landed both fish. Two feisty wipers heading in different directions...on 6 or 8 pound leader usually means that something's gotta go. That results in one or both fish breaking off. I have landed one of the two wipers hooked a couple of times. But then I go back to fishing only a single lure after that.
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[#0000FF]Glad you like the fligs. And it is nice that you and Ira are flig missionaries. It has been fun seeing the reactions of folks when fish climb on a flig and hook themselves on the strike. Of course I will help you restock. I know the guy who makes them.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Howsomever...it is getting to be fishing time and making fligs really cuts into my schedule. I don't make these things to get rich. Far from it. They are very time-consuming and it takes a couple of days to whup up even a small batch. First I gotta drill out the foam plug. Then I do the basic shaping. After that...if it is a tailed flig...I have to put the hook in the vise and wrap on the tail. Then I cut the foam and insert the hook...and super glue it. Then comes the final smoothing and shaping. All that before painting, glittering and eyeing...and a finish coat.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]By actual timing it takes from 10 to 12 minutes to make each flig. If I charged any kind of labor charge nobody could afford them. But I work cheap...and I'm worth it.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I am happy that other folks like them and are enjoying good success with them. And I will keep on making them just to help others broaden their fishing horizons. But my wife is right. She says that my lure making - fly tying - rod building stuff "keep me off the streets and out of trouble". Also keeps me off the water. Everything has a down side.
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