04-07-2014, 04:30 PM
My observations might be more pregnant than poignant, but here goes:
I did a small article a couple decades ago called "Spin-Flying" that described most of the techniques you related above. Wasn't anything new or earth-shattering even then. But lots of folks never thought of it, apparently.
"Drop-shotting" a nymph or two is called a Provo rig by some, because it's a popular technique on that river. I showed it to my Missouri River guide a year ago, and he sneered at it - in favor of having the splitshot above the nymphs, as he'd always done. Until I'd lost about my fourth pair of $2 each nymphs, that is. Lost a few shot that got neatly pulled off the tag end of the line after that, but no more pricey flies. "Hmmmmm," he said.
A 9' fly rod with an under-rod lever spin cast reel is one of my favorite crappie rigs. Lets me drop a jig right down next to stickups without casting - or tangling. Also works well with a slip bobber for casting under docks.
And I've found that a hare's ear nymph tied as an "upper" above a jig is a bluegill killer.
In short, as a monosyllabic reply to your comments, Pat: Yup.
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I did a small article a couple decades ago called "Spin-Flying" that described most of the techniques you related above. Wasn't anything new or earth-shattering even then. But lots of folks never thought of it, apparently.
"Drop-shotting" a nymph or two is called a Provo rig by some, because it's a popular technique on that river. I showed it to my Missouri River guide a year ago, and he sneered at it - in favor of having the splitshot above the nymphs, as he'd always done. Until I'd lost about my fourth pair of $2 each nymphs, that is. Lost a few shot that got neatly pulled off the tag end of the line after that, but no more pricey flies. "Hmmmmm," he said.
A 9' fly rod with an under-rod lever spin cast reel is one of my favorite crappie rigs. Lets me drop a jig right down next to stickups without casting - or tangling. Also works well with a slip bobber for casting under docks.
And I've found that a hare's ear nymph tied as an "upper" above a jig is a bluegill killer.
In short, as a monosyllabic reply to your comments, Pat: Yup.
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