When using foam I've had to experiment with some patterns to get the
weighting just right.
Just right to me is: Barely floats, Use with a sinking tip line.
With a floating line, a small split shot on the leader close to the fly
line may work.
Something about a crayfish that darts and then floats just above the bottom
really gets Smallmouth Bass
attention.
Then there is the yo-yo method that Gary La Fonatine wrote about. Use
a floating
fly on a sinking line and each time you pull the line the fly darts down
following the line.
And when you pause the fly floats back up. I think he used this method
over sunken
weed beds, because the fly line in the weeds would disturb food and attract
the fish.
Jack Lehman wrote:
"I don't understand one thing about this whole thread. Every LIVING
crawfish I've ever seen was on or near the bottom, yet foam floats. You
are are either not presenting the fly realisticly or else you are weighting
it too heavily to get normal actions. Furry Foam would be better, but ...
still? How do you get it down?"
Jack
Austin
