Fly under a bobber advice

[lockend]

I am taking my 5 year old nephew to dog pound creek tomorrow he wants to fish I usually spin cast so I know nothing about flys. I was thinking about a fly under a bobber just looking for advise on what fly to use any advise is appreciated.

[fish gunner]

Hopper or a prince nymph would be a good start keep your leader quite short 4'ish or less. some tight quarters on the dog . A good streamer with a few split shot can get some looks 6lb floro if you want a chance of keeping gear. Banzi

[lockend]

Thanks for the advice I only have 4 flys and 2 of them are the nymph.

[lockend]

Fish gunner thanks for the advice tried a nymph he had one on the hook but spit it just befor shore. All in all it was a good time with the Nephew.

[fish gunner]

No shame in longline c&r the wee man got to see a fish that will make his day.

[bwackwabbit]

Good on ya Gunner!
And congrats to the OP.

[Gslice]

when you use bobber and fly, do you just cast it out and leave it for bobber-watching, or do you slowly reel back the line to make the fly look like it's moving?

[fish gunner]

Originally Posted by Gslice

when you use bobber and fly, do you just cast it out and leave it for bobber-watching, or do you slowly reel back the line to make the fly look like it's moving?

With a bobber you are hoping for a dead drift to keep a dry natural and a nymph deep. drag will pull a nymph shallow and a dry under. On occasion drag at a lightly looking spot and it can bring a strike . It is rare that drag works but you just never know.

[lockend]

We just found a nice pool and cast up stream and let it float about 15 past the hole realed it in and did it again

[Brandonkop]

Here's a video i just made about fishing a fly under a float on a spinning real. I use bead head nymphs which I think work well. I usually cast it out and slow retrieve it for best results.

Check it out: http://youtu.be/U8tbzIqsiI4