Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

With 4 units and 10 flood gates running, Roland Duffield does well fishing a sink tip line with a drift rig style technique. Have to get it to the bottom. Using a #10 weighted gray "peppy" scud and a 3/8 oz bell sinker, he casts the rig down stream at a 45 degree angle so that the weight is behind the fly, the fly out ahead of the weight and on the bottom.

It works. See video #2.

We drifted from Andy's house down almost to Fall Creek.

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Very cool. Innovative. Good to see Roland again.. I like that little laugh of his at the end of the 1st video. Did he hang up at all ? Did he lose any rigs ? Did any fish inhale the fly way far down ? Oh - and that Pflueger Medalist reel looks great! I have several and I fish 'em too!

6wt sink tip - 6 wt rod -- leader was how long ? did I hear 7ft or 17 feet ?

Good thinking on his part. Get it down to brown town, brosef.

Brian

[dgames]

Is he detecting the strike by feel?

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Did you notice how long the rod bend took after the initital hookset ?

Not too long.. I wondered the same thing.

First I thought they were anchored... but they are drfit fishing.

[Phil Lilley]

One issue is the hook set. Almost need a stiffer rod cause there's alot of slack to account for.

Yes- all feel. He said they hit it on the "drop" sometimes. The strikes were pretty hard.

I was using my spin cast and using alot of weight- overkill. Was just trying something different. It worked pretty well and I felt the strikes clearly. But even using mono and spin cast, I had trouble setting the hook because of the bow in the line.