04-28-2005, 01:00 AM
Guess I made it sound like I had never used them. I have used them, but only from a boat. Not from a tube.
Actually, the smaller snap weights come off with just an easy one handed pinch. One would need to use a short rod in order to be able to keep one hand on the reel and reach the rod tip at the appropriate time.
I've been curious about my tube kicking speed. I know that trolling flies is fairly easy to maintain for long periods (punctuated by an occasional break for landing large fish, one would hope.) I typically try to troll very slowly in my boat (about 1.2-1.5 mph according to my GPS.) I have no idea what a comfortable sustained trolling speed would be in a tube. Maybe .5-1.0 mph? Guess a speed check have to be my next project in the tube.
Lightweight "flutter" spoons and Wedding Ring style spinners (with mylar "
" blades which turn with the slightest movement of water) are what I use for this kind of slow trolling from a boat.
Anyway, thanks for your input. If I make some great discovery that puts the hurt on the fish using snap weights from a tube, I'll let you know. I figure if I locate suspended fish on the sonar, drop my weight down to their level while moving very slowly to keep the spinner from tangling with the weight, then drop the weight a little more as I pick up to trolling speed, I might be able to keep the lure in the fish zone - at least long enough to move through a suspended school. Kokanee especially suspend in deep water and make themselves available to methods like this.
Here are some small boat caught kokes that came to snap weighting.
![[Image: kokes.jpg]](http://www.proaxis.com/~hwy20coc/webpages/temp1/kokes.jpg)
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Actually, the smaller snap weights come off with just an easy one handed pinch. One would need to use a short rod in order to be able to keep one hand on the reel and reach the rod tip at the appropriate time.
I've been curious about my tube kicking speed. I know that trolling flies is fairly easy to maintain for long periods (punctuated by an occasional break for landing large fish, one would hope.) I typically try to troll very slowly in my boat (about 1.2-1.5 mph according to my GPS.) I have no idea what a comfortable sustained trolling speed would be in a tube. Maybe .5-1.0 mph? Guess a speed check have to be my next project in the tube.
Lightweight "flutter" spoons and Wedding Ring style spinners (with mylar "
" blades which turn with the slightest movement of water) are what I use for this kind of slow trolling from a boat. Anyway, thanks for your input. If I make some great discovery that puts the hurt on the fish using snap weights from a tube, I'll let you know. I figure if I locate suspended fish on the sonar, drop my weight down to their level while moving very slowly to keep the spinner from tangling with the weight, then drop the weight a little more as I pick up to trolling speed, I might be able to keep the lure in the fish zone - at least long enough to move through a suspended school. Kokanee especially suspend in deep water and make themselves available to methods like this.
Here are some small boat caught kokes that came to snap weighting.
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