Old School

[Driftless]

I found a really nice trout. It appears to be quite educated.

I have thrown the kitchen sink at it. It is time to change tactics.

I have not tried an old way I learned years ago from an old sage from gays

mills.

I would go upstream of the potential trout and float my fly line downstream

with a chub tail on a size 4 hook with the tiniest of split shots about 12

inches above the chub tail. An indicator/bobber is to be placed 5-6 feet back

8.5 or 9 foot fly rod with a fast action and a stout leader is required.

Great care needs to be used to keep the line taut and straight for a hook set.

The chub tail should look like the photo. You hook your size 4 eagle claw through

the meat left above the tail. Make sure the chub is not too big or fat.

The hook needs to protrude from the tail for a hook set.

This method can be deadly to the trout. Circle hooks are a waste of time.

[Nate McVey]

That's great......let us know how that works out for you......

[ted4887]

8.5 or 9 foot fly rod with a fast action and a stout leader is required.

What benefit will you get from a 9 or 8.5' that a 7' won't offer? What weight rod? And why a fast action?

One request... When you get back after this "educated" trout please bring the video camera.

[Driftless]

Joe Dirt uses this technique exactly but with a night crawler.

[s t fanatic]

longer the rod the more leverage for the hookset.

[Driftless]

Joe *dirt* Chadwick showed me how it is done.

Will post story and photo next week.

[ted4887]

Gives us all something to look forward to! Thanks for the heads up. Anyone that goes by the name Joe Dirt is someone who I really want to hear about.

[Nate McVey]

OHHHHHH, I get it............big gob of worms on a hook! Cool, NEVER would have thought of that........Thanks for sharing.

[Antero]

The old garden hackle rig.....works everytime, everywhere. Even here in Colorado where crawlers and earthworms are hard to find in nature put one on a small hook and drift it thru a run or hole and bingo, fish on.

Why? I heard Dan Gapen say that he thought crawlers tasted and smelled to fish just like crawfish. Crawfish ARE just about everywhere so maybe there is some truth to that?

[Driftless]

The old garden hackle rig.....works everytime, everywhere. Even here in Colorado where crawlers and earthworms are hard to find in nature put one on a small hook and drift it thru a run or hole and bingo, fish on.

Why? I heard Dan Gapen say that he thought crawlers tasted and smelled to fish just like crawfish. Crawfish ARE just about everywhere so maybe there is some truth to that?

would love to see some trout from your area?

[hookncook]

Why? I heard Dan Gapen say that he thought crawlers tasted and smelled to fish just like crawfish. Crawfish ARE just about everywhere so maybe there is some truth to that?

dunno- Never stopped to ask. usually the conversation ends with screams as rip them from the water and shove them in my creel.

[davidbigreelz]

The old garden hackle rig.....works everytime, everywhere. Even here in Colorado where crawlers and earthworms are hard to find in nature put one on a small hook and drift it thru a run or hole and bingo, fish on.

Why? I heard Dan Gapen say that he thought crawlers tasted and smelled to fish just like crawfish. Crawfish ARE just about everywhere so maybe there is some truth to that?

true it does work everywhere, especially in Co when i lived there. but then again Co trout are kind of like sunnies up here in Mn lol.