On Feb 14, 9:58*pm, Todd wrote:
family-outdoors wrote:
On Feb 13, 6:41 pm, Todd wrote:
Hi All,

* * I was at a 90+ year old customer's house
helping him archive pictures from when he was
a kid. *The ones that got me were the tarps filled
with 20 to 30 3+ lb trout. *Wow. *So I asked
him what he used. *He said the caught a little 2
to 3 inch minnow with a tiny worm, then cut the
minnow in half and floated the bottom (tail)
section down in the current. *He also said that
the head section did not work so well, just
the tail section.

* * Now two days ago another 70+ guy told me the
same thing for spring browns. *He also said he
noticed that the plastic swim baits did not work
at all, which I had also noticed. *And that the
head section did not work.

* * Anyone know of a way to simulate the bottom
half of a minnow? *Fly? *Rubber? *Cut the
bottom off a swim bait?

Many thanks,
-T
T-
Why not use the bottom half of a minnow? *Are you in an artificial
only area?

I only get to go fishing for an hour or so at the local
river when I get off early. *So time is an issue. *And
catching minnow takes time. *Not to mention chopping
them apart ... *(I have no problems dressing a trout, but
all I can think of when I am doing that is butter, salt,
pepper, Rosemary ...) * And, we are only allowed to
use minnows that we catch: no importation or store bought
minnows allowed.

Also, I find it great fun to catch trout on artificials.
I caught more fish this summer on yellow hare's ears than
I have ever caught in my life. *I even let a bunch of them
go -- a real milestone for me.

And there are spring browns in the river starting the first
mild run off of spring. *They like meat and won't touch
a fly. *Had on old duffer tell me when, where and how (bottom
half of a minnow). *It pays to have duffers for customers!

Please excuse my rambling,

-T

T-
I hope you don't mind me asking, but where are you fishing - that is
what river? If you don't wish to say, that's fine, or if you want to
send me an email. I run a website and like to learn about every body
of water I can and I am kinda' curious about this.
Family-Outdoors