Bill Bill, you've got to give catfish more credit than that!! I'll assume you were kidding. I've caught channel catfish on bass poppers as big as 4 lbs., on fast moving spinner/woolly worm combos, on nymphs, on clousers as fast as I could strip and even an 11 pounder on a bugger the instant it hit the water. I even had one jump one time! These are truly game fish and should be respected as such! Letting the fly sink to the bottom and waiting for a pick-up is a formula for a long, boring and unproductive day.