my2labs
Maybe I'm misunderstanding but I don't think I would call that a tail out. It seems like you are describing a seam next to an eddy.
Bobbers would be my tactic but only when I'm salmon fishing.
To me tail out is an area where the water is speeding up and is usually prime holding water for steelhead.
Again, I could be completely misunderstanding what your describing.
I have a spot just like that on one of my rivers. I bobber fish the close seam, then just work the slow water with spinners and plugs. Actually had my greatest hookup at that spot. Was casting a plug and could see something following it. So I slowed my retrieve, the fish was taking shots at it, but wasn't finding the hook. I ran out of line and the plug popped up on the surface. Bam, Fish on! The plug was literally three feet from me since I was waist deep in the river. Dumb CohoThink the fly rod approach could be a killer in a spot like that.
Throw number 5 Spinners. Bright and dark! Fish em low and deep and fish tthose boulders that break up the surface.
Thats some of my favorite bobber water. Throw a jig out and just let it circle you rarely have to recast cause it just cirlces. Watch it as it goes up river against the seam in the back eddy.
It'll go down.
I cast into the fast water and start my retrieve from different spots, through the dead water. This way I cover it all. What ever your throwing needs to be close to the bottom, so adjust your retrieve speed. Spots like this aren't my favorite, but when you know they are holding fish, you do what ya gotta do to get at them.
I actually had one rise next to the bobber at this place last week. It's only like 3 ft deep and I am concerned that the bobber scared it. Nice to hear that I just need to be more patient.
Ever had one take it as it makes it way upriver?……or just as it circles back down the seam?
I hook fish in back eddys often when the bobber is heading up river. BUTTT, that really only happens when I'm using bait. The jig doesn't present itself right when its heading up river.
I hook fish in back eddys often when the bobber is heading up river. BUTTT, that really only happens when I'm using bait. The jig doesn't present itself right when its heading up river.