Which fish better...weighted or unweighted Waterboatman?
Which fish better...weighted or unweighted Waterboatman?
I like mine to be unweighted. If I want to add a little weight, I add a swivel between the leader and tippet. When trout are on to waterboatmen, the fishing can be awesome especially casting to rises.
Regards Mike
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Thx, Mike, when or why do you decide to add weight?
Unweighted=when the trout are clearly rising to them.
weighted=when I have tried my staple flies and they aren't producing.
Chris
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I usually start unweighted, especially if I am fishing along the shoreline or if there are visible rises. If that doesn't work I will try the weight. If that still doesn't work, I say the heck with it and toss out a black leech.
Regards Mike
Inside every old man is a young man saying " what the hell happened "
Originally Posted by ducksterman
ask the fish???
I know , Norm, but I've got some unweighted tied up and was hoping that would do
So there aren't more of you out there with an opinion
No! There aren"t
For God's sake, Don't Quote me! I'm Probably making this crap up!
ducksterman,
I'll take a shot at it!! Why in the WORLD would you want to weigh a Water Boatman?? Please don't put any Lead on that WB HOOK!!!!!
Thanks,
Doug
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