Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3909 April 10-24 | Page 18

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April 10-24, 2020
VOL.39 • ISS. 9
WHAT’S HOT
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of night crawler.
I’ve found the orange-colored flies to be
deadly at Lake Camanche. They can be
trolled at a wide variety of speeds from
0.8 miles-per-hour up to 3 miles-per-hour
or more. Just be sure to run a five foot 10
lb test fluorocarbon leader from the fly up
to a quality chain swivel to prevent line
twist.
On our first pass, we slow trolled on
the electric motor at 1.5 miles-per-hour. I
hung a U-turn just short of the bridge. As
our lures crossed over the center of the
river channel, my side planer rod doubled
over. My reel backed it up with a buzzing
sound from the clicker.
“Fish,” I related to Kirby, as I jumped
into action. After netting and bleeding
the fish I slid the healthy seventeen inch
rainbow into the cooler. We followed the
river arm out to the main lake for two
more nice rainbows. I decided that it was
time to cover some water so I sped up to
2.8 miles-per-hour.
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At those speeds, you
need weights, divers,
or downriggers to
get the flies to stay
down. We put rods in
the downriggers at 2
and 6 feet deep, and
employed 1.5 ounce
snap weights on the
side planer rods.
Clip, or snap weights
come in several
different styles. They
are something that I
stumbled upon while
watching a random
Midwestern walleye
fishing show on
YouTube.
The ones I use are
basically heavy Off
Shore Tackle red
downrigger clips that
have a notch in the
center. The clip allows
you to easily attach
and detach weights 50
feet above your lure
on your main line.
The notch prevents
On February 12, Jack Naves used Arctic Fox tube flies behind
the clip from slipping WiggleFin Action Discs to produce these two quality rainbows at
Lake Camanche.
off the line.
Photo by JACK NAVES, Fish Sniffer Staff.
After letting out 50
feet of line, clip the
weight to your main line. Next let out the
your setback, speed, and weight combina-
rest of your line. The amount to let out
tion. Next, replicate the winning formula
will depend on your desired depth, speed,
on the other rods.
and line class. In our case, we were letting
Our Lake Camanche trip ended well,
out 50 feet, snapping on a 1.5 ounce
with limits coming before 1pm. The
sinker, then another 30 feet to our side
majority of our fish came on the side-
planers. From there, we let out another 50
planer rods, including several using the
feet to get the planers out from the boat.
snap weights to get the flies deeper.
As you reel in a fish, your netter unsnaps
Snap weights are another useful tool
the weight from
to add to your arsenal of trolling tech-
the line similar to
niques here in the west. While I only have
unclipping an inline
enough space here to scratch the surface, I
side planer. I rigged
would suggest checking out snap weights
my clips with a snap
on YouTube to get some ideas. Last year,
swivel so I can easily I employed dropper leaders on my snaps
swap out weights
weights to create a spreader-type effect
depending on what
while kokanee fishing without downrig-
depth I’m targeting.
gers. It’s just another tool we can employ
Any weight over
to get our lures into the strike zone.
one ounce will
dictate the
need to
switch to
a larger
wall-
eye-type
planer
board to
keep the
board
While popular in the Midwest, few Northern California
from
trout anglers have employed snap weights like the one
sinking.
shown above. By adding a snap swivel, you can quickly
change out the weight depending on your desired depth.
Once
you start Let out 50 feet of line, snap the clip to your main line, then
let out 50-150 feet of additional line to get your lure into
catching the strike zone. Your netter unclips the weight as you reel
fish take in your fish.
Photo by JACK NAVES, Fish Sniffer Staff.
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