08-25-2012, 01:13 AM
Jim, the nice thing about a TYPE VII is when the water bottom changes a lot. If you are in 30' of water, you are casting out 30' to 35' of line. Let it sink then figure * crawl the line up, with dropping it now and then and starting over.
I also as Match said, use a floating line with a 30' straight mono or fluoro leader. Suspend the fly 1 foot to 3 feet off the bottom using a slip indicator.
I first found out about these slip indicators from a magazine, Northwest Fishing or something like it. It was about 10 or 15 years ago. At the time we were using little round ones with a toothpick to jam the line. We were deep nymphing but it was very hard with a fixed indicator when a fish hit and of course you have to REEL in due to the long leader. We would have to stop and unhook the indicator.
Lost a lot of fish with barbless hooks doing this, so we ordered these slip indicators.
They were the ticket, but very small. On choppy water they were a pain to watch.
We showed them to Dennis Brakke and he found someone to make them in all sizes. Dennis passed away and Herb Patterson took over, but from what I heard, Phil now buys them from Herb. I carry them as well as Herb doesn't deal with the public so to speak, just businesses.
But, I was just introduced to another supplier.
Oh and my Rio Type VII was sent back to Rio after last trip. Weird, the outer cover separated from the core.
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I also as Match said, use a floating line with a 30' straight mono or fluoro leader. Suspend the fly 1 foot to 3 feet off the bottom using a slip indicator.
I first found out about these slip indicators from a magazine, Northwest Fishing or something like it. It was about 10 or 15 years ago. At the time we were using little round ones with a toothpick to jam the line. We were deep nymphing but it was very hard with a fixed indicator when a fish hit and of course you have to REEL in due to the long leader. We would have to stop and unhook the indicator.
Lost a lot of fish with barbless hooks doing this, so we ordered these slip indicators.
They were the ticket, but very small. On choppy water they were a pain to watch.
We showed them to Dennis Brakke and he found someone to make them in all sizes. Dennis passed away and Herb Patterson took over, but from what I heard, Phil now buys them from Herb. I carry them as well as Herb doesn't deal with the public so to speak, just businesses.
But, I was just introduced to another supplier.
Oh and my Rio Type VII was sent back to Rio after last trip. Weird, the outer cover separated from the core.
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