05-30-2009, 08:03 PM
The use of a piece of that sham wow material can help wick the water out of a fly. A patch of Amadou which you can get at a fly shop will work. The application of floatant is best.
Put some of the liquid or paste floatant on your fingers oron a cloth and drag the line between your bubble and the fly will help the fly float also.
A very slow rotation of the crank will move the fly very slowly. A slight sudden movement or sudden stop in motion sometimes will entice a hit.
A dry fly over or next to weed beds can be quite effective.
Waiting for something to happen can get you to loose your attention a lot when you are letting a dry fly sit on the water.
Teaching kids to use a bubble and a fly with the fly being a woolly bugger or woolly worm or some other sinking nymph (gold ribbed hairs ear, pheasant tail nymph, zug bug) is a good technique. The hard thing for people is to crank slow enough. Nymphs tend to move slowly in the water. There are some that move in fast short pulses.
I forgot to say that many lakes and ponds have calibeatis nymphs so a pattern for them would be good too.
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Put some of the liquid or paste floatant on your fingers oron a cloth and drag the line between your bubble and the fly will help the fly float also.
A very slow rotation of the crank will move the fly very slowly. A slight sudden movement or sudden stop in motion sometimes will entice a hit.
A dry fly over or next to weed beds can be quite effective.
Waiting for something to happen can get you to loose your attention a lot when you are letting a dry fly sit on the water.
Teaching kids to use a bubble and a fly with the fly being a woolly bugger or woolly worm or some other sinking nymph (gold ribbed hairs ear, pheasant tail nymph, zug bug) is a good technique. The hard thing for people is to crank slow enough. Nymphs tend to move slowly in the water. There are some that move in fast short pulses.
I forgot to say that many lakes and ponds have calibeatis nymphs so a pattern for them would be good too.
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