Caney Fork River Report 9-16-11

[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by bd-

Alphahawk, if you ever want to go fishing, I'd love to see how the trout magnets work in the hands of someone who really knows how to use them. My personal interest is really in fly fishing and I don't really do much spin fishing myself, but I have folks in my boat from time to time who spin fish, and it's always good to have plenty of tools in the toolbox.

bd

Sure and I understand about you being mostly a Fly Guy. The last time I fly fished was 40 years ago. I was fishing in a farm pond and hooked a huge Large Mouth..and proceeded to break my Uncles Aberocombie and Fitch fly rod. He had bought it about 24 years before that. I am sure it would have been a valuable collectable today. Needless to say he was upset. Check your PM..there will be something that might be of interest to you.


Regards

[Travis C.]

Originally Posted by bd-

Alphahawk, if you ever want to go fishing, I'd love to see how the trout magnets work in the hands of someone who really knows how to use them. My personal interest is really in fly fishing and I don't really do much spin fishing myself, but I have folks in my boat from time to time who spin fish, and it's always good to have plenty of tools in the toolbox.

bd

bd, depending on how true to fly fishing you want to be these can be fished from a fly rod no problem. A trout magnet is on a 1/64oz jig head (.44 grams). A BB Shot is .56 grams for comparison purpose.

Light tippet around a 7x + dead drift = killer.

[bd-]

I was just talking by PM with Alphahawk about the same thing, Travis. These days, I get most of my fun out of fishing flies I tie myself, so I don't know that the mini-trout magnets are really my "thing," but they do sound like a very effective lure for the folks who are into fishing that way.

bd

[Travis C.]

Originally Posted by bd-

I was just talking by PM with Alphahawk about the same thing, Travis. These days, I get most of my fun out of fishing flies I tie myself, so I don't know that the mini-trout magnets are really my "thing," but they do sound like a very effective lure for the folks who are into fishing that way.

bd

I totally understand and if I could tie better would lean more that way. But unfortunately my extent is only to zebra midges but at least they are effective.

Here is another very similiar to the trout magnet system but an alternative that I have used with people who don't fly fish. Take a med-light spin rig with no heavier than 4lb line and set it up like this: 1" foam cylinder crappie slip float, BB shot above tippet knot, fluoro tippet to depth you are fishing, fly of choice or two.

With the right rod you can cast this pretty far and the setup will catch fish. It also helps eliminate the problem most fly fishermen have when they leave the Caney on low catch rates or fishless and that is the drag free drift.