07-15-2013, 03:28 AM
More weight? Perhaps. I teach people to watch the indicator and the bubbles. If the indicator is moving a little slower than the bubbles you're doing okay. If the indicator comes to a complete stop "read: gets caught on the bottom" a lot then you have too much weight for sure. But if your rig never gets caught on the bottom then you almost certainly do not have enough weight.
When and how much to weight to use is one of the biggest pieces of the puzzle. Right up there with casting. I always use #4 lead weights. That way adding another #4 weight can often be the difference between success and getting skunked.
I never really moved my thingamabobber unless I got into some seriously faster/slower water. I would often take and or remove a #4 weight throughout the day. BTW I always started with 3.
Oh and once converted to the Provo Bounce Rig I never went back. Here's how I rigged it... 7.5 foot 4X leader. To the end of that I would tie my first fly. Right to the line I would tie a one foot piece of tippet. That's right right above the fly. An old timer taught me this on the provo years before I saw it online or heard of anywhere else. To the end of that tippet piece I tie a second fly. To that line with the second fly on it I tie a 6" piece of 7X tippet and put a knot on the end of that piece because that is where you are going to crimp, ever so gently the #4 weights I mentioned already.
Good luck and keep at there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
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When and how much to weight to use is one of the biggest pieces of the puzzle. Right up there with casting. I always use #4 lead weights. That way adding another #4 weight can often be the difference between success and getting skunked.
I never really moved my thingamabobber unless I got into some seriously faster/slower water. I would often take and or remove a #4 weight throughout the day. BTW I always started with 3.
Oh and once converted to the Provo Bounce Rig I never went back. Here's how I rigged it... 7.5 foot 4X leader. To the end of that I would tie my first fly. Right to the line I would tie a one foot piece of tippet. That's right right above the fly. An old timer taught me this on the provo years before I saw it online or heard of anywhere else. To the end of that tippet piece I tie a second fly. To that line with the second fly on it I tie a 6" piece of 7X tippet and put a knot on the end of that piece because that is where you are going to crimp, ever so gently the #4 weights I mentioned already.
Good luck and keep at there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
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