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has any one else had this happen - 8/20/2008 2:46:30 PM

powerun

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we were out yesterday morning . useing polor jig's and after a casting and jigging a few times . i pitched it out again and POW the dam steelie hit the float .i mean he tryed to eat it. a weighted yellow & white. i just thought this was really funny. have you all had this happen before?
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RE: has any one else had this happen - 8/20/2008 2:53:49 PM

griffon

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Almost every trip when I have used a strike indicator. I generally use twist on's that are half orange and half yellow. It never fails that one or two will hit it... One of these days, I will hide a hook in that thing...

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RE: has any one else had this happen - 8/20/2008 2:59:03 PM

powerun

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griffon ; yes you need a stinger hook.

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RE: has any one else had this happen - 8/20/2008 3:20:42 PM

SmallieKiller

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Oh yeah, almost every trip. There have been a few days when they're not really hitting anything, but they'll surface on the float every now and then, talk about frustrating.

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RE: has any one else had this happen - 8/20/2008 3:26:23 PM

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Not on Erie with steelhead, but I've had largemouth take my float and run with it to the point that I had a fight on my hands for a few moments. Never came close to landing any of those handful of bass, but they definitely hung onto that float like maniacs...completely ignorant of the nightcrawler just a few feet below it.

I've also had trout hit and take it under, though they usually realize that it tastes a little stale, and spit it out within a second or two.

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RE: has any one else had this happen - 8/20/2008 3:28:02 PM

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i dont use an indicator too often, i use more of a bottom bounce high stick method with red amnesia, but i have seen it happen a few times to my father. He was half tempted to start using a stinger on it

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RE: has any one else had this happen - 8/20/2008 7:24:40 PM

Deadbolt401

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ohh yeah i've seen em hit a strike indicator. It is pretty funny, unless your not catching any fish.

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RE: has any one else had this happen - 8/20/2008 8:26:07 PM

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Happens all the time to me steelie and trout fishing...I think the indy just lands perfectly in their zone and instinct takes over and they bang it....

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RE: has any one else had this happen - 8/20/2008 9:59:01 PM

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well said tippy they are used to lookin up and that grabs there attn seriousley i had this happen in march on elk on a 2ft fast tailout on upper elk it woke me up from a otherwise uneventful day lol

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RE: has any one else had this happen - 8/20/2008 11:14:13 PM

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yeah, I've had that happen alot of times also. If you change you're fly to the same color as the indicator, and make the same presentation, sometimes they will eat it. I caught a 22" brownie that way at yellow creek in Bedford.

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RE: has any one else had this happen - 8/21/2008 6:49:41 AM

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I remember the very first trip I ever took steelheading it happened to me... After reading a few books, and talking to some of my buddies that have steelhead fished for a while, I decided against using a large dry as my indicator "fly"...

that changed on my second trip... only caught 3 steelies the first trip, and had at least 3 more hit the indicator... On the second trip, I had tied up a chartreuse and orange stimulator in about a 6 2xl shank and used it as an indicator... the guys were laughing at me, but in the first 20 minutes of fishing, I had land 2 steelies... one on the telico nymph underneath, and one on the big stimi...

I have yet to catch another fish on the stimi, but do not take chances!!!

hehehe...

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RE: has any one else had this happen - 8/21/2008 8:17:28 AM

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