How NOT to tie up a slip float rig :)
I decided to give a slip float rig a try . On a 7’ ultralight rod .
The thought is , I can hopefully get more distance out of my casts and avoid the tangles I almost every cast get when tossing a snap on float and light jig .
I figured I’d tie up at home to be ready when I reached the pond either later today or tomorrow.
What I didn’t know was it would take me over forty minutes to tie . :)
Arthritis was definitely a factor as was bad eyesight , combined with poor indoor lighting.
It didn’t help when I didn’t notice I hadn’t removed the plastic tube inside the bobber stop until I had my fly tied on . :)
After cutting the line at my swivel , I removed the float and pulled the bobber stop line off the little plastic tube . The wrong direction. nonono
I careful removed the bobber stop line , then the tube , and was able to carefully thread my four pound test through the loops of the bobber stop line . Saving the bobber stop.
I tightened up the bobber stop line , threaded the tiny bead back on then the float and then tied to my swivel and leader .
I hope this rig works for me .
I just thought of something as I’m writing this .
Using a fly instead of a light jig and it won’t weigh enough to pull the line through the float .:banghead
I’ll add a split shot above the swivel . I’m not going to retie again. :( .
This is more trouble than it’s worth . :Rofl
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Hey you folks up North , you left something :)
Temps around 1pm today were hovering around 40 degrees and very sunny, little breeze .
Hmmm , I grab my 7’ 13 Fishing Defy Silver paired with a Shimano Sienna 500 and took off to the town pond with visions of shivering , eager biting bluegills .
When I got there , I was surprised by a pond 80-90% covered in ice .
Something that belongs up North , not around here .
Only a few times have I seen ponds freeze over .
With the aeration system in the pond , the areas around the bubbles was open.
With my freshly rigged up slip float and fly I cut loose with a cast hoping to make it to the open area on the right of the picture below .
To my amazement, I landed next to the bubbles .
I wiggled my float a few times and it drifted toward the ice . I gave my rod a sweep and started winding to get my float rig on the ice .
It didn’t work . It somehow hooked the edge of the ice .
I worked for fifteen minutes trying to free it , then finally , knowing my leader was 3# test and my main line was 4# test , if it broke , I’d at least have my float back .
Nope ! Broke at the swivel ! Float wound up about half way to me on top of the ice .
I got to looking around and there are three of those aerators, one close to the bridge . So I tied on a small jig and jigged the open area on both sides of the bridge , but nothing wanted to take my offering .
I was at the pond for a little over an hour and shallow areas on the sunny side of the pond were beginning to thaw .
Getting down to 25 tonight , I hope it continues to thaw today as it’s supposed to hit 47 tomorrow, and sunny .
Maybe I can find my float tomorrow .
