1/7/12

Here is the report.    Started out up North. Got there water was looking good.   Decided that I was going to float fish today so getting the set up right took a bit of time.    Started with pink worms on a small pink marabou jig head.   After a few casts,    yeeeeeehaw bobber down,  fought for a minute and it broke off.   Tied another jig on with a worm  a few casts later another bobber drop and break off.   I was running 6lb Drennan tippet so I said enough is enough.   Switched to 10lb and not a taker.   Tried some beads and nymphs on the 10lb nothing.   Went back to the 6lb and 1 more take on a wacky rigged worm,   no break off this time just came off.  3 hours there and for 2 of them my buddy and I had the stretch to ourselves.      Decided to get warm and head back down to the zoo after a bite at the BK lounge.   Hit the wires a for 1.5 hours and not a taker in sight by us or anyone around   takled to 2 drift boats  and they said the same, rough going.   Headed to the LFZ   and broke out the fly pole   1.5 hours there and rolled 2 on some stoneflies.   Only saw a few other takers by other folks other than this Lady fishing on the rocks at the church pool   6 takers in in the 1.5 hours we were there and 3 landed.   She was using a small red bead headed black bodied nymphs  like a #10.  Looked a little like this one
http://www.yankeeangler.com/Toms60SecondRedHead.html
  She was C  and Ding  with alot of weight, but all hooks looked good.  Funny thing was her husband was a few feet down using the same thing and he was getting nothing.  She was at the right place at the right time.   Nice folks,even said I could fish off her spot as she walked the fish downstream and chased it .  Overall 0/5 and a good day.

Nice report... its always nice when you hit it just right up there...
If I were you I wouldn't have left

Drennan is very good cold water line.

You need a better shock absorber = longer rod...

I caught two pukey little browns today in Pennsyltucky - lazy man method - chuckin spinners from shore.
Nice January Thaw Weather - considering there was nothing to thaw out of..

The line on the water is due to the short rod,get a 11' rod rated for lighter line to prevent broken tippits and to keep line off water.

Thanks for the info guys.  I kind of figured my pole was too short, but ya use what ya got.  A longer pole will be in the future.   Drake thanks for the link it is bookmarked.   I knew the basic info on shot placement, but now have an even better idea and need to make some refinements.   I like the idea of floating in the colder winter months and I can cover more water and get more casts per hour with the spin rod.  I don't want to limit myself to one particular way, just want to catch some fish.

clint www.raventackle.com float fishing guide gives all kinds of info on floating.

Nice report Clint. Floats have a definate advantage over flyfishing in alot of cases, I may look into using it occasionally,  so handy info.  I went yesterday, too. I went 4 for 10 or so below the LFZ in the morning (All on  sz. 8 and 10 nymphs) , and only had a few misses below Pineville in the afternoon.  Going sleepless had something to do with that probably.   Seems they  are finally  starting to go into the small fly/winter mode. I helped a fellow land a nice fish he got fishing  a sz. 14 green caddis larvae pattern on a spinning rod. They were hitting it hard all day for him. Sorry to piggyback a report onto yours, just not worth a separate thread for the same old **** of mine.
If I don't have to  plow, I'll go back next weekend for a day. Good luck to everyone.