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welcome ycxc...
and, i'm glad you started this thread, coz i just started to try my hand at drifting, and i have questions...
i'm using 3-4 #5 splitshots to keep my rig on the bottom. and it's bumping every 3-5 feet. is that too much? i have a fear that if it isn't "scraping" the river bed, i'm drifting too high but aa sez tap bottom once every 30 feet or so... :think:
and what's the protocol at the end of the drift? do i just let the rig swing in or is it kosher to let some line out to let the drift go longer?
one other question i have is the length of yarn... i cut mine into inch long strips so when it's folded down through the egg loop, it's about 1/2 and inch, and i trim it with my scissors to "round" it out. is that right?
thanks much metal... what you said makes sense. gonna practice more of my drift technique this weekend.
mike, what's a yarn ball?
thanks a bunch, OM. very helpful to see a video and yeah, i'm gonna try different drift techniques coz i'm not totally sold on best way yet. i'm sure the rig depends on the water, just like any style... but drifting is too new to me still.
but since i haven't caught any fish any other ways, what the hey... maybe drifting might be my go to if it produces something.
Or you can walk down the bank at the same speed of the drift. THen you dont half to let out as much line.Ninja sometimes I will let out more line and continue a drift It all just depends on the water and how its drifting. I once talked with an older fellow that told me to let out a lot of line when your bait hits the water let it sink then pull in slack, then when your swinging out of the zone let out a little more line out to stay in that zone. he hooked 4 fish that day to my one? Ive never been able to do it as well as him yet. I have also had fish hit it on the swing in so I say you be the judge try every way and see what works for you. Dont just go by what we all say. Try light weights and try heavy weight everyone fishes a different way cause thats whats worked for them. I know in time Ive found drift fishing to be my go to method.
Or you can walk down the bank at the same speed of the drift. THen you dont half to let out as much line.
...now i gotta go make me some yarnballs.more work...
yeah, OM, i can set the hook and i don't care what anyone thinks.
so now i got a question on yarnballs...
why do i need to pre-tie? can't i just put a several strands of yarn in the egg loop and trim it into a ball?
I pretie EVERYTHING I USE. Every second on the water is important and should not be used for rigging things up IMO.
The best way to do it is run a double egg loop, one on top and one on bottom. Then put two strands in the top loop and two on the bottom. Then fluff with a comb and trim to a ball. It takes some practice but it's not to hard to do.
Just putting it in one egg loop and trimming isn't much different from corkie and yarn.
i agree completely...
you lost me there... 2 egg loops on the same hook shank?
that's what prompted my question... i didn't see how the yarnball differs from the corkie/yarn setup, minus the corkie, but with more yarn.
maybe i'm missing something about the yarnball??:think: