Float @ Fly

[Rickf]

I tweek my tackle when it's too cold to fish, you know you all do it!! Any way I use a basic float and fly when I trout fish with trout magnet. Here's my version of a float rig. Cheep Walmart floats with the little weight removed. The 1 1/4" will support a 1/16 oz lure and then lay flat on the water if a fish swims up with it. The 2" float will do the same thing with a 1/8 oz lure. Remember you have to remove the lead from the float or it won't work right.

[Champ188]

Very good info. Thanks much, Rick.

[fishinwrench]

Why don't more float&fly guys use slip bobbers ?

[Jim Elam]

I use slip bobbers and they work well. They allow you to fish deeper than std rig, and make casting less of a pain. I personally like the longer soft action rods that FnF folks use, but with a good slip bobber the long rod is not necessary. The slip bobbers can sometimes take a little tweaking but work really well overall.

JE

[Rickf]

The only thing with a slip bobber is if a fish swims up with your jig you will not detect the bite, with this rig the float will go from vertical to horzonal if a fish swims up with it. I know I missed a lot of bites trout fishing when the fish would swim up instead of pulling it down.

[Champ188]

The guys who use this rig religiously over in Tennessee and Kentucky say that a significant portion of the bites are of the "swim-up" type --- enough that they unanimously recommend a fixed-length leader.

[fishinwrench]

The only thing with a slip bobber is if a fish swims up with your jig you will not detect the bite, with this rig the float will go from vertical to horzonal if a fish swims up with it. I know I missed a lot of bites trout fishing when the fish would swim up instead of pulling it down.

Hu? Slip bobbers fall on their side when the weight is lifted from below,the same as fixed bobbers. Or at least the ones I use when crappie fishing do.

[Quillback]

You can slow swim a fixed bobber and you jig remains at depth. You pull on a slip bobber set-up and you pull your jig up, can't move your bobber with out pulling the jig up to the float - then you have to let it drop again after you move it.

[Jim Elam]

Thats right. You can move it slowly and minimize movement in the water column, but it will come up some. That is not all bad...think about what you do when you vertical jig. That upward movement can attract fishes' attention.

I like a fixed bobber in current, slip in still water.

JE

[Rickf]

But I'm not a very good fisherman and if I throw this one in a tree it only cost me 35 cents. But it will catch fish