Thread: Jigs under a float

Late post here. Mostly use floats for trout and micro jigs depending on the conditions.

Trout are moody fish. There are times when drifting a small micro jig under will work under a float when nothing else will. Fly fishermen fish floats all the time, they call it indicator fishing.

As posted before marabou jigs work well and so do rabbit hair jigs, nymphs and even hard to cast midges/wet flies work well under a small float.

Thill Super Shy Bites, cast a bubbles, Adjust a Bubbles and others work well. It's best to test your floats with your jigs in a 5 gal bucket to see what weights work best with each type of float. And don't be afraid to use the same floats (indicators) as the fly fishermen use, I recently purchased some 3/4" Thing a Ma Bobbers to try out.

A friend recently fished Crowley lake with a guide and boat and they used midges under a slip indicator for fishing down deep on their fly rods. They caught trout, Sacramento perch and Tui chubs. In fact, they were so successful other boats started showing up to get in on the action.



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