Too deep and fast for tm ?
 

I saw it mentioned on another thread that the Caney might be too high and fast for a trout magnet this weekend.

Just curious about this as to if it is and why it would be?

Thanks, just trying to learn about these tm's :)

Trout Magnets are really best used when fished on or near the bottom. When the Caney is generating it's difficult to get the light head and line deep. You can with a lot of weight with a loss of action and finesse.

An option when the water is up and deep if you have a boat would be using the float method. If its too deep for the standard setup, you can add float stop then pass line thru float/peg add a small swivel (#14 or #16) and finally a long fluorocarbon leader 3-4ft.

That is my setup for deep current. The swivel gives weight to sink and aids in twist from current but also keeps the float from falling to the bait messing with your knot. You can using a shot if you wish but a float falling on the shot can cause it to slide eventually. With long drifts you can cover the long gravel bars in deep water there under heavier current when standard float rigs won't reach or your rod isn't long enough.

Cool, thanks for the information !

No problem, just remember there is more than one way to skin a cat.

IF you are stuck fishing high water from the bank you are better served throwing something a little bigger like a crank or jerkbait but keep line size small (4-8lb max). It doesn't make a difference everywhere but there it does.

If you have to fish trout mags from shore on high water then move around until you find current breaks along the banks. The stockers will tuck in there close to shore on high water. Look for defined current speed differences (seams). They won't be in slack water but won't be in fast water either.

X2 on what you said but I swear Ed could catch them on the float with 3 generators going...LOL.

Regards

LoL.

Thats because he uses the SOS 2lb lead core version. :D