03-15-2009, 05:58 AM
I use both conehead and the normal round bead head. Personally I have always liked fishing coneheads better though. I think they have a little bit better action when you strip them. I would look for bobbing heads in the calm water, so i was fishing pretty close to the surface and the water I was fishing in couldn't have been any deeper than 8' or 9'. Not too deep at all. If I saw a fish rise I would cast about 5-10 feet from where it was, in front of where I thought it would swim, depending on how far I had to cast. Then I would strip the bugger real short and hard, wait half a second or a full second, then strip short and hard again. I find this usually will trigger good strikes. Almost every fish I caught was a fish that I saw rise, with the exception of 3 or 4. When I fish calm water above a big hole, usually in a channel, I tend to catch a lot more trout than whitefish. Those whitefish really love hugging those riffles and will steal you nymphs every time. I have been changing my tactics a little to try and stay away from them. Hopefully this can help you out a little bit. Those trout are a lot of fun to catch.
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