07-16-2022, 03:00 PM
Lots of trout hit bobbers. Don't know what they think they are, but they attack them. I was once on a backpack trip in the Sierras, in California. I came up to a new little lake and pitched out a clear bubble-fly rig to a bunch of nice brookies I saw finning over the white sand where the inlet creek came in. Almost as soon as the bubble splashed down it was chomped by a big brookie. The fish held on as it dived down...but soon released it. Had several more fish hit the bubble without taking the fly. So I rerigged and slid the bubble right down to the fly so that it became part of the "lure dujour". Started hooking fish on the next cast. Never had that happen before or since...although I have had quite a few fish whack more colorful bobbers at times.
On another note, I have had fish jump out of the water to hit a fly or lure that was being deliberately dangled and dipped over the surface. And on one occasion I hooked (and lost) a big bass that jumped up and grabbed a lure I had miscast and wrapped around a branch just above the water. Biggest fish I saw all day.
On another note, I have had fish jump out of the water to hit a fly or lure that was being deliberately dangled and dipped over the surface. And on one occasion I hooked (and lost) a big bass that jumped up and grabbed a lure I had miscast and wrapped around a branch just above the water. Biggest fish I saw all day.