For the past 3 weeks I have been testing and trying new methods to keep myself busy in the winter months and so far drop shot conventional has been the most productive.
At first I was a bit sceptical about this method but after the first cast my mind was made up this could be the most productive soft plastic method for winter and summer for me. This is just my view and I thought I would post a section on it because it is a truly a deadly way of targeting trout and bass and in the summer months other species.
I am a fully fledge fly fisherman but there is those days that no matter what fly you present perfectly the trout just dont take and this is where the effectiveness of the drop shot comes in. It brings a soft plastic fluke or any soft plastic as a matter of fact to life.
Bellow is a couple of pics of this method.
The softs that have been a winner with trout and bass have been the rainbow flukes and the bellow minnows. The bandit minnows that are used for saltwater have been fish catchers in every colour. The sizes of the minnows are small. I have been using 2" to max 3". The baby mini flukes from zoom are good but they are a stiffer plastic than the bandits so you dont get as much movement from them.
The advantages of this rig are simple:
* It keeps the plastic in the strike zone
* Mimmics every movement of a living minnow, the most effective retrieve so far is the dying minnow. Cast out lift your rod tip slightly higher than your head and keep constant contact with the weight and just twitch the rod and reel in slack. Pause every now and again and allow the minnow to sink and then give it a quick twitch. I got hit nearly everytime on that last quick twitch.
Google this method and learn it if you dont know it. I recon you can ask any Competative bass fisherman if this method works and he will agree that it can make the difference between blanking and catching.
Look unfortunately 90% of our trout waters is strictly fly fishing but there is the few that allow artlure. I cant think of anything worse than having to sit for longer than 2 weeks without fishing just because its winter. Will post pictures of fish caught after sundays session.
Cheers
At first I was a bit sceptical about this method but after the first cast my mind was made up this could be the most productive soft plastic method for winter and summer for me. This is just my view and I thought I would post a section on it because it is a truly a deadly way of targeting trout and bass and in the summer months other species.
I am a fully fledge fly fisherman but there is those days that no matter what fly you present perfectly the trout just dont take and this is where the effectiveness of the drop shot comes in. It brings a soft plastic fluke or any soft plastic as a matter of fact to life.
Bellow is a couple of pics of this method.
The softs that have been a winner with trout and bass have been the rainbow flukes and the bellow minnows. The bandit minnows that are used for saltwater have been fish catchers in every colour. The sizes of the minnows are small. I have been using 2" to max 3". The baby mini flukes from zoom are good but they are a stiffer plastic than the bandits so you dont get as much movement from them.
The advantages of this rig are simple:
* It keeps the plastic in the strike zone
* Mimmics every movement of a living minnow, the most effective retrieve so far is the dying minnow. Cast out lift your rod tip slightly higher than your head and keep constant contact with the weight and just twitch the rod and reel in slack. Pause every now and again and allow the minnow to sink and then give it a quick twitch. I got hit nearly everytime on that last quick twitch.
Google this method and learn it if you dont know it. I recon you can ask any Competative bass fisherman if this method works and he will agree that it can make the difference between blanking and catching.
Look unfortunately 90% of our trout waters is strictly fly fishing but there is the few that allow artlure. I cant think of anything worse than having to sit for longer than 2 weeks without fishing just because its winter. Will post pictures of fish caught after sundays session.
Cheers
