10-25-2010, 04:03 PM
my sis (FG) makes a very good point (as usual)... the fly has to be in the zone...
when I was first doing bubble fly Id cast then let things drift with the movement of the bubble itself.. never caught a fish (did have nibbles)... if I were you and you are using split shot to weigh down the fly you might want to try a couple of things..
one.. take off the split shot.. let the fly sink at it own rate.. or if its not a weighted fly let it drift.. most will go just under the surface of the water.. and that is a good zone of top feeding fish...
depending on how you have the line rigged.. you can set a depth on the fly... there are little red stoppers that you can buy that you slide up the line to set the depth... if you use this rig you would pull the slack out till you see the bubble move.. keep the tension on the line there.. that way your fly is at a set depth (on a sinking fly).. you can easily adjust the depth of the fly by adjusting the stopper on the line...
if you use a popper or mouse pattern.. imitate what it is suppose to be.. and that is a frog or mouse swimming on the water.. fast or slow retrieves... vary it.. if there is top water action the fish will see that as a more natural movement...
hope this helps..
MacFly [cool]
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when I was first doing bubble fly Id cast then let things drift with the movement of the bubble itself.. never caught a fish (did have nibbles)... if I were you and you are using split shot to weigh down the fly you might want to try a couple of things..
one.. take off the split shot.. let the fly sink at it own rate.. or if its not a weighted fly let it drift.. most will go just under the surface of the water.. and that is a good zone of top feeding fish...
depending on how you have the line rigged.. you can set a depth on the fly... there are little red stoppers that you can buy that you slide up the line to set the depth... if you use this rig you would pull the slack out till you see the bubble move.. keep the tension on the line there.. that way your fly is at a set depth (on a sinking fly).. you can easily adjust the depth of the fly by adjusting the stopper on the line...
if you use a popper or mouse pattern.. imitate what it is suppose to be.. and that is a frog or mouse swimming on the water.. fast or slow retrieves... vary it.. if there is top water action the fish will see that as a more natural movement...
hope this helps..
MacFly [cool]
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