The snap swivel should move freely in the larger end of the bubble’s stem.īuy a package of 2-inch bubble floats. My answer is easy - use the pole you got. People I have taught have caught their share of fish, so I think I’m on the right track.įor many anglers, the first question would be which pole to use, which would start a debate on lengths, weights, reels, etc. Since then I have asked others for fly-and-bubble advice, read some books and spent hours out on the water finding out what works best for me. I still have a copy of that drawing somewhere. He left with flies, bubbles, leader and a crude drawing that diagrammed the method of many future excursions. He had been frustrated by a fishing trip that yielded few bites and no fish, so he went to Bass Pro for some new lures and advice. But when the fish are ignoring spoons and spinners, and hitting flies instead, then something must be done to level the playing field. Learning how to fly fish, and getting geared up to do so, is out of the question for many spin anglers. Many people, like my buddy and I, can only afford so much equipment and devote only so much time to their recreational endeavors. But it’s my title, and I’m sticking with it. Something that can, at times, be brutally effective shouldn’t be described so frivolously. My enthusiasm was met with much manly scorn. “Throwing Bubbles - that’s what I’ll call my article,” I said. He really liked how far he could throw a fly when the bubble was filled more than halfway with water which got me thinking. Last fall, while fishing with a good buddy (who prefers to remain nameless) we were discussing the merits of the angling method we’d been using for the last few trout-fishing expeditions - fly and bubble. It’s not often that someone hates the title of your story before you write it, but that is the case with this piece. A fly-and-bubble angler fishes in Pearl Lake State Park.
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