I was dead drifting it; my favorite way to fish it. Doc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Preston Quan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 8:00 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Advice - wooly bugger --> bigger tippett
> Doc, > > Were you stripping the bugger in or dead-drifting it? > If the former then the need for a 5x tippett is > probably overkill as they're hitting the fly out of > aggression. > > Using streamers I tend to use straight mono line > usually 6lb and above. > > All this coming from a guy who fished for Browns > exclusively last summer and only managed to land one > 19" fish. I broke off 5 fish I gather were pretty > large (I had to do with poor knots and a stiff XP > rod). > > My 2 cents, > Preston > Toronto, Canada > --- "Dr. Doug Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do you get his &$@)!! nose outta the bottom? > > > > Doc > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: DonO > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 7:21 PM > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Advice > > > > > > He 'nosed' into the bottom on you. Common tactic > > for big browns. > > DOnO > > > > OK, I'm not afraid to admit my ignorance! > > > > On the way home from the S-o-w-b-u-g, My > > daughter and I stopped and fished a portion of the > > White River. > > > > A very interestiong thing happened. Using the > > "special" wooly-bugger, I hooked a really nice > > brown trout. I mean reeeeeallly nice! > > > > I have never landed a big trout - caught a > > bunch, but never landed one. This would be my > > first. > > > > I played it for several minutes - line in; line > > out; rod tip high, etc. The water was pretty swift > > where I was playing this fish. Then a very odd > > thing happened. . .it just stopped! I might as well > > have been trying to pull stumps out! Not struggle - > > and certainly no giving an inch. I thought I was > > hung up. I released a little line - nothing. I > > tried leading it to the left with my rod - nothing. > > I tried leading it to the right - nothing. I > > decided to give it a little more line. BAM! I > > could have sooner stopped a train than stopped that > > trout! Before I knew it, he cleared the surface and > > broke off. > > > > OK. . .what did I do wrong? I was using a 5x > > tippet - 3 lb. test. > > > > Thanks for your advice - and the other snide > > remarks that are bound to come my way! > > Doc > >
