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Old May 8th, 2008, 04:06 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Default Spring Run off (was Um....)

Larry L wrote:
"rw" wrote


Strike whenever the indicator so much as pauses.




And if that isn't nearly every drift ... add some weight to your rig ...
you want to tap the bottom now and then and a beadhead won't get there alone
in many cases ...


It's a delicate balance between having enough weight to get to the
bottom, but not so much weight that you get lots of "false hits" and
hang ups. Right on the edge of those two conditions is where you want to
be. Sometimes it requires a lot of monkeying around with the weight..

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