07-18-2019, 01:56 PM
I am certain ly not an expert, but we had one killer day (four of us) a couple years ago fishing with casting bubbles and sinking Rapalas.
In high lakes one "go-to" technique some random guy taught me years ago in tbe Uintas, is to "sink a bubble". You fill a clear casting bubble (the kind you'd use to tow a fly with spinning gear) all the way so it sinks, but very slowly, and you can cast halfway across the lake. Then you can begin a slow, creeping retrieve at any depth.
This works with nymphs, streamers, jigs and plastics, and spinners and small spoons that don't mind the slow retrieve, and worms rigged kind of like a trolling-style crawler harness, or on a small bass worm hook. I'm sure it would work with deal minnows, etc, too.
But, with a neutral or sinking Rapala or Lucky Craft you get a LONG cast and a tight but lazy, jerky wobble on a slow retrieve.
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In high lakes one "go-to" technique some random guy taught me years ago in tbe Uintas, is to "sink a bubble". You fill a clear casting bubble (the kind you'd use to tow a fly with spinning gear) all the way so it sinks, but very slowly, and you can cast halfway across the lake. Then you can begin a slow, creeping retrieve at any depth.
This works with nymphs, streamers, jigs and plastics, and spinners and small spoons that don't mind the slow retrieve, and worms rigged kind of like a trolling-style crawler harness, or on a small bass worm hook. I'm sure it would work with deal minnows, etc, too.
But, with a neutral or sinking Rapala or Lucky Craft you get a LONG cast and a tight but lazy, jerky wobble on a slow retrieve.
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