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???![]()
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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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