Fishing The John Deere

[edward]

I seem to be the only one that has never caught a fish on the John Deere. I fish it like white floss; under and indicator and near bottom or where i think they are holding.

Can anyone help?

[BKB]

When I used to spin fish, I fished it like you...small float, with jig positioned about 2 1/2 feet below and I caught tons that way. What pound line do you use?.....gotta use 2lb IMO.

[jdmidwest]

I thought this thread may be about the guy on the Saline Creek that uses a tractor and blade to gather crawdads for bait. I came across him one time with his crawdad gathering buddy grading one of my favorite smallmouth bass riffles. He commited a few violations, driving in a stream bed, instream gravel mining w/o permit.

[brittsnbirds]

edward-

If times are really hard the JD is definitely my "go to". My technique is with a fly rod but is basically the same as with a spinning rod. I use nothing bigger than 2lb mono or 4 lb fluorocarbon with as small an indicator as possible. Mend the line upstream, twitch it a little every once in a while. Sometimes I cast it straight across the stream let it float then swing until it is directly below me. You just never know. If you are catching them on a white floss you can catch them on a JD. Also try the "brown roach" and "bedspread".

Are you buying them down at Bennett? If so they should be the right size. If not they may be too big.

Pat

[Casey Self]

I seem to be the only one that has never caught a fish on the John Deere. I fish it like white floss; under and indicator and near bottom or where i think they are holding.

Can anyone help?

I think it all depends on time of day with the John Deere, they either really like it or not at all..I will fish it pretty deep and try and put it infront of the fish as it seams like they hit it as its sinking..... so the small indecator is nice because the slightest twitch and you better set the hook. I also will strip them back slowly. The best time that I have had luck is between 10 and noon or in the afternoon when the sun is setting towards the tree's. But I fish them exactly like a white floss pretty well. Good luck.

[Paola Cat]

Exactly ... Britt nailed it. Dead drift the JD under as small of an indicator as possible. It's a decent Zone 1 mid afternoon pattern as Self stated. Most of my hits come near the end of the drift. It can be very productive when most everything else is slow. Vary the indicator depth to keep it in the fish holding zone. PC

[zsmith62]

Can somebody tell me how to tie a john deere or where i can find instructions elsewhere on how to do that...

I've always heard about people using them but never tried myself. Thanks.

[fishinwrench]

Can somebody tell me how to tie a john deere or where i can find instructions elsewhere on how to do that...

I've always heard about people using them but never tried myself. Thanks.

Z, The JD is a "mini-jig" tied with a short tuft of green (moss colored) marabou for a tail, and a matching chenille body on a 1/80 or 1/100 jighead painted John Deere green with a yellow eye.

There's a discription and pic here www.geocities.com/kcmtfa/Troutline/AUG_2006_TROUTLINE.pdf