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Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on July 2, 2013 at 12:46pm: LEO AND JACOB , QUESTION FOR YA BOTH : I also plan on rigging a 6'6" rod with four pound and tight line fishing for long casts and so forth. Gills in particular and crappies on the bottom. Do you guys see any future difficultys with this approach?

Comment by Leo Nguyen on July 2, 2013 at 12:45pm: Wow, three bodies, three flies, and no personal body tagging, in windy conditions no less? Now that's a sign of a true master. I probably have all of us wrapped in 100 yards of fly line, and the remaining 200 yards of backing in a cocoon, with two fly rings on each sides of our cheeks.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on July 2, 2013 at 12:41pm: OH YEAH LEO !!!!! BY THE WAY we could all take Fly casting lessons from Sir Jeffrey Hill , Jacobs dad ! Three of us in the boat and not once did the fly come anywere near us on the back cast buddy !!!!

I've been fishing lately tight line and am going to try the spit shot right up against the fly in the front so as to have a direct connection to the fly for doing the Barney Shuffle 20' down......

Comment by Jacob Hill on July 2, 2013 at 12:39pm: That's an interesting approach Leo! Drifting is counter-productive on this lake because the wind is so strong (usually) and the current so weak that we would literally be dragging the rig through the weeds. We actually tried it yesterday for a while and got nada. I like slack especially in the wind because the waves give the line enough movement to move the worm slightly. You learn a lot when you can see everything like we can in this lake!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on July 2, 2013 at 12:34pm: Compensation is the key. Drop shot is our preferred methods over here as well, which is about 70% of the time. You're right about having a very nice long leader gap from weight to hooks for the dropshot, based on seasonal approaches, because of the water salads. For us, it's not the slack that we aimed for, but the angular drift. We have have our lines vertical, but the water currents are so strong at the bottom, our lines become angled. It's even more so when we do ultra-slow trolling in our float tubes. Catch them every freaking time.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on July 2, 2013 at 12:33pm: LEO I CAN TELL YA FROM FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE THAT THIS LAKE IS GIN CLEAR !!!!!! ONE of the great joys of my fishing has been to fish with Young Master Jacob and his dad Jeffrey........ Can't wait to do it again hopefully this fall.......

Comment by Jacob Hill on July 2, 2013 at 12:28pm: Yes Leo my preference is 3ft above the weight because the most of the time I have slack in the line giving the plastic a natural presentation so it's only about 1-2 feet above the bottom mostly. I've tried having the worm 12" above the weight, it doesn't catch as many fish in this lake. You are correct about it being very clear but also quite weedy.

Comment by Leo Nguyen on July 2, 2013 at 12:14pm: Wow, three feet above the weight? That must be some heavy veggie or cloudy-sandy bottom. That lake looks so clear though.