Trout Nut

Dave- Sorry to take so long to get back to you on your crackleback question. You can either fish them on a floating line or a sink tip. I do both. Either way you cast across or slightly downstream and let the fly swing around in the current. Usually I strip it as it swings. Sometimes most of the strikes will come on the swing and other times they come when the fly is directly downstream from you and you're stripping it back toward you. When fishing it on a floating line the fly usually rides just under the surface. With a sink tip it rides deeper. Lately I've had better luck using the sink tip, fishing in water from thigh to waist deep. BC

Bake- I fish cracklebacks lots of ways. On a floating line, swinging them across & down, they ride on or just under the surface and you can strip them or just let them swing. A lot of the strikes come when they are straight downstream from you. Lately I've had more success fishing the same way but on a sink-tip line. BC