Come the middle of summer — the mass flight of insects, the favorite delicacies of different fish.
Them with a fun peck Chub, Chub, IDE, grayling and many others. Some of the trophies comes in half-waters, and some only from the surface. The same grayling immediately loses interest in the head if she sank, but greedily pounced on the floating, for example, of horsefly.
Once was fishing in Valdai and could not get the IDE, while neighbor brought in the big fish almost every day. Then he ferreted out the secret. It was necessary to impose on the hook a few mosquitoes Dergunov and bale hook in the water, simulating a landing on the water insect. IDE was not long in coming.
Typically, such a fishing sinker is shifted to the float, and the attachment is floating around. However, there are some inconveniences. If the line hold tight, recessed float, and head immediately goes under the water, and if you loosen the line, then miss a short bite. Fish, eating insects, as a rule, fast and, sensing something was wrong, he immediately throws the hook. Hooking just do not have time. In addition, it is inconvenient to play head when with her, hanging out a float with a sinker, especially if the attachment is not an insect, and artificial bait.
I had such a case. We traveled to the Kola Peninsula. Most inhabit his fish actively eat insects floating on top. Not knowing what the weather would be and whether it will be possible to catch flies, I brought the feathers are produced in spring and woodcock, wound on the hook a few small feathers on the game, simulates a twitching on water insect, successfully caught on the snag of the local grayling.
So, in order to facilitate fishing, I want to advise to change a little tackle. And you just have to swap the hook and the float. At the end of the fishing line with a sinker tied to the float, and about two feet closer to the rod on a short leash is the hook. This is especially useful for rods with long casts, the float and the weight you can put any weight and cast it far enough.
What we get in result? The fishing line is always “under control”, you have time to reel in the fish. This is especially effective in the current and in the wind, when the nozzle quickly and often takes her out. Here, even if the insect gets wet, but any butterfly will sink in two or three of the cast, with the rod to hold it on the surface of the water. Very comfortable to play cap. You can give her any vibrations that excite the fish, even the artificial fly. The lance wasn’t drowning, you can still plant on the shank of the hook a small ball from the foam packaging. The fish he is not very scary, but to drown a fly just will not give.
