Thread: Taming the wind

I’ve been playing around with a slip float rig to use in place of a (snap on ) float n jig rig .
I think I’ve found my rig .
I’m using a Trout Magnet float as a slip float , with bobber stop , bead , float , bead , 1/32 Worm sinker , bead , the a tiny swivel . Then I tie on about a foot of leader that I attach a jig , or fly .
This compact micro slip float rig cast great on 2# line .
I tried 3# and 4# and didn’t get the results I wanted .

Today was a great day to try it out , with the wind at 10mph and gusts to 20 . Partly cloudy with the sun playing peek a boo all morning after a cold upper thirties last night .
It was 52 , but felt cooler with the wind .

I fished for about two hours , but caught most of the 8 bluegills and 3 shellcrackers , during the last hour , once I concentrated my efforts on a shallow flat in one corner of the dam at the Town pond .

Tackle used was a 6’6” St. Croix Triump light action rod paired with a Shimano Soare XR2000spg and 2# Floroclear. Lure was a size 10 sickle jig hook and tungsten bead , with a mini Trout Magnet in either white or dyed with chartreuse Zoom marker .

Watching a float disappear is as much fun as the thump.