Some of the best fishing "tricks" are learned from those around us. I've been fortunate enough to learn from many anglers who are willing to share info. Total strangers who just want to share the fun. To those anglers who share techniques and information kudos and thank you.
About 5 years ago someone showed me a rig that inspired me and changed my ice fishing forever.
His rig consisted of a brightly colored mainline (orange or chartreuse) tied to a triple fly system. I would never ever try to create one of these "on site"...... I prepare them in advance. It's like a scaled down version of a lake erie perch rig. "Heavy" weight on the bottom (1/100th jig), above that roughly a foot and a half is a small "branch" (two inch piece of line) that holds a tiny fly off to the side.........above that another foot or so is another smalll "branch" that holds another tiny fly off to the side.
The brightly colored mainline is important to pick up on subtle strikes.
I hope my rough description of the rig inspires you to give it a shot. It's time consuming to create, but deadly effective. A double header on this rig will really get your heart going and test the limits of your ice rod.
Would one of you be kind enough to put up a pic of one you've tied? Sounds interesting but having problems visualizing it. What knot do you tie the "branch " onto the main Line? Do you tip the fly with a maggot or wax worm?
Thanks in advance!
Been doing something like that for years. A small Hali jigging spoon om bottom, a small fly above it. Usually a minnow or minnow head on the spoon, maggot on the fly.
Sometimes they hit the spoon, other times they want the little fly.
I tie directly to my line. And yeah, 4# ice braid is about as big as a human hair. Hate having to tie that up on the ice.
Flyphishingman"s original post indicated he met someone who very well may have been Chuck.He gets around very well in
the ice fishing world. My response was in response to the set-up he was talking about. My ice rods are also all set and ready to go. Comeon cold!
I do something a little different. I use a small tungsten jig with some sort of plastic and a spike on the bottom and one or two plan hooks with a minnow above that. Sometimes the crappie want one sometimes the other but the added benefit is the minnow moves the jig around. You have to really pay attention to what is going on because the minnow can make it hard to detect strikes on the jig. Set that baby on a bucket and let it work.
Some of the best fishing "tricks" are learned from those around us. I've been fortunate enough to learn from many anglers who are willing to share info. Total strangers who just want to share the fun. To those anglers who share techniques and information kudos and thank you.
About 5 years ago someone showed me a rig that inspired me and changed my ice fishing forever.
His rig consisted of a brightly colored mainline (orange or chartreuse) tied to a triple fly system. I would never ever try to create one of these "on site"...... I prepare them in advance. It's like a scaled down version of a lake erie perch rig. "Heavy" weight on the bottom (1/100th jig), above that roughly a foot and a half is a small "branch" (two inch piece of line) that holds a tiny fly off to the side.........above that another foot or so is another smalll "branch" that holds another tiny fly off to the side.
The brightly colored mainline is important to pick up on subtle strikes.
I hope my rough description of the rig inspires you to give it a shot. It's time consuming to create, but deadly effective. A double header on this rig will really get your heart going and test the limits of your ice rod.
If you keep the "branches" short they stick out to the side very well (no tangling).
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