Hi all! I've been using this tactic so far this year with tremendous success. I have to put a little split shot on the line and use a cork so I can cast to the opposite bank of a canal where all the beds seem to be. I have caught and released hundreds of little 'gills, redbreast and pumpkinseed. I've also managed about thirty or forty shellcracker and 'gills that were between 10 and 12 inches, some full of roe. Still, I have a feeling that if I could lose the split shot and the cork I could do better. Any suggestions? (remember that I need the weight to cast far enough to hit the beds).
Also, I'm a very new fly fisherman. Someone PLEASE tell me why my rubber spider sometimes comes down on the water in the middle of a tangle of tippet? It doesn't happen every time, but when it does, it is very frustrating. I have only managed some very small bream and one little bass on the fly rod, and I have no doubt that my presentation is at fault. (struggling to find a good teacher around here).
Thanks!
Sean