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Old 09-18-2019, 02:27 PM
Bigwoodsman Bigwoodsman is offline
 
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Originally Posted by Drewski Canuck View Post
Bigwoodsman,

Standard fare is a heavy, cheap, 4 inch nail (YES I SAID A NAIL!) Tie on the heaviest elastic band you can find, take the nail and loop the rubber band around it as many times as possible until tight up by the head of the nail. If you are lucky enough to have rubber surgical tubing, just stuff the nail into the tubing and tie onto the tubing.

About 18 inches up tie in a dropper loop and add about 8 inches of leader material. Tie on a Royal Coachman / Black Gnat / Mosquito pattern size 10, and put on a couple of maggots or a salmon egg.

Cast upstream and bounce through the current. If you hang up, just pull and the nail will release and you will not lose the flies.

Most times nails slide through the rocks very easily and are cheap enough that it does not matter if you lose a few on the rocks.

On the coast they use pencil lead, but that stuff is hard to find around here, and nails are more biodegradable anyway.

Good luck!

Drewski

Drewski
Thanks for this awesome tip and explanation. I will let you know how we make out.

BW
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