10-25-2010, 02:51 PM
I've been doing a lot of "fly fishing" with one version or another of a bubble on a spinning rod until I (hopefully) get a fly rod for Christmas.
The other day I was using nymphs on a bobber w/ split shot and I was having a heck of a time setting the hook. Several bites, only set with one. There is a lot of slack.
Also, yesterday I went to the Middle fork of the Boise and tried some fishing with a larger bobber so I could get out to where I wanted to be. There were some SPECTACULAR pieces of river where I got absolutely nothing. This could be because the river was high from rain, or my own ineptitude with presentation or fly choice, but I think I should have picked up SOMETHING in the wonderful looking places I was. I suspect that the splash of the bobber did very little to help me.
If you were curious, I tried several different flies, but spent the most time with a Copper John or something my dad had tied that he called a Zug bug. Again, I'm very new to this but I'm pretty sure the Zug bug would have been an attractor pattern as I've NEVER seen anything that looked like that fly.
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The other day I was using nymphs on a bobber w/ split shot and I was having a heck of a time setting the hook. Several bites, only set with one. There is a lot of slack.
Also, yesterday I went to the Middle fork of the Boise and tried some fishing with a larger bobber so I could get out to where I wanted to be. There were some SPECTACULAR pieces of river where I got absolutely nothing. This could be because the river was high from rain, or my own ineptitude with presentation or fly choice, but I think I should have picked up SOMETHING in the wonderful looking places I was. I suspect that the splash of the bobber did very little to help me.
If you were curious, I tried several different flies, but spent the most time with a Copper John or something my dad had tied that he called a Zug bug. Again, I'm very new to this but I'm pretty sure the Zug bug would have been an attractor pattern as I've NEVER seen anything that looked like that fly.
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