Float N Fly

[Sore Thumbs]

Any one catching them on one? Do you guys use bobber stops to adjust height? Pretty unfamiliar with this technique.

[Champ188]

Not enough fish up shallow. Can't fish the thing much more than 12 feet deep. Maybe 15.

[Sore Thumbs]

Waste of time right now?

[gitnby]

Have only used it a few times this Winter, with pretty poor results.

In past years, I have done very well with it. I use a 3 way swivel with bobber on one leg, 10-12' leader on one and of course main line to other.

9 foot rod with fireline on reel, 6-8 lb fluoro on leader, and a small (1/16") Punisher jig.

Best results have been on bluffends, or bluff cuts in 30'+. Trees or timber nearby is usually a good thing.

[Champ188]

Have only used it a few times this Winter, with pretty poor results.

In past years, I have done very well with it. I use a 3 way swivel with bobber on one leg, 10-12' leader on one and of course main line to other.

9 foot rod with fireline on reel, 6-8 lb fluoro on leader, and a small (1/16") Punisher jig.

Best results have been on bluffends, or bluff cuts in 30'+. Trees or timber nearby is usually a good thing.

Good info there, gitnby. Thumbs, I'm not qualified to say anything's a waste of time.Just repeating what some others in the know have said. Maybe Babler will weigh in. He's a float n fly guy.

[Quillback]

Fished it a bit for the first time last year. Found some spots on a bluff end one day and caught maybe 10 from the one bluff end. All sub-legals however. Only good experience I've had with the F-n-F. I'll probably try it a bit more this year if the weather ever starts to warm up. Babler caught a couple of 9 lb. bass on it a couple of years ago on the F-N-F during pre-spawn.

[Bigmo]

I should have tried it yesterday. Fish were anywhere from 10' down to 30'. I think they were shallow because there were shad fluttering on top. Seagulls were everywhere on the upper kings cleaning up on the shad. Maybe that's why I only caught two on a dropshot .Water temps were 35 to 36.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Why do people use real long rods with a long leader instead of just using a slip bobber?

[Quillback]

With a fixed bobber you can slowly work the fly back to you and maintain the depth of the fly, with a slip bobber you're going to pull the line through the bobber when you retrieve it and pull the jig up through the water.

[gitnby]

EXACTLY! not to mention that I sometimes will get bit on the initial free fall as the bait swings down under the bobber.

I usually just twitch the rod tip sporadically and keep bobber in place. with a slip bobber, that is very hard to do.

Also, as quillback mentioned, you can work the rig back to you with the retrieve.

I will say that a slip bobber might be easier when landing the fish, if you could reel the bobber stop through the line guides!

Trying to hold a 9' rod up in the air high enough to clear a 12' leader AND either lip or net the fish is a real test of the old wing span, especially with several layers under insulated coveralls!