Guest Don R Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg C Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 I fished with Jay a few times. Great guy. You will learn a lot from him.Ask him about the dumpster chickens!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev-mo Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 If I can get my kids a little early that day I plan to be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Buric Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I'll be there Ed B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronk Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymond k Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 I will be in attendance,also trying to bring a few perspective members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve SPIZ Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 I plan on comming had some great speakers last time looking foward to this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronk Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Anglin's talk was very interesting.This year I plan on trying out his strategy of using aggressive, rhythmic retrieves designed to provoke strikes from neutral/negative fish by stirring their instinct to simply kill something when not otherwise interested in feeding.Also interesting was his lack of emphasis on the big lure=big fish theory.None of the flies he showed as examples of what he uses including the deerhair bassbug were big.When I asked him about this afterwards he said that while he does use somewhat larger fles when he fishes by himself for bigger smb than those he typically recommends to his clients he and they have done very well for big ones with the smaller flies too which also provide more action by appealing to smaller ones as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 I wasn't able to make the meeting, but what Ron said about retrieves is interesting. On one of the few occasions I was successful with topwaters on the Kankakee, I was ripping a buzzbait and not getting anything to pop. As soon as I changed it up and started "twitching" it in erratic patterns, the fish were on fire. Not lengthy pauses between twitches either, just split second rests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronk Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 I wasn't able to make the meeting, but what Ron said about retrieves is interesting. On one of the few occasions I was successful with topwaters on the Kankakee, I was ripping a buzzbait and not getting anything to pop. As soon as I changed it up and started "twitching" it in erratic patterns, the fish were on fire. Not lengthy pauses between twitches either, just split second rests. The gist of Anglin's talk was to change retrieves if the one being used isn't producing whether you're fishing on or below the surface.He believes that while a slow more deliberate retrieve is effective for fish willing to feed an aggressive retrieve is best to excite the killer instinct in neutral/negative fish.He emphasized the importance of maintaining a precise and identical rhythm and cadence when aggressively retrieving in order to provoke disinterested fish,i.e.perform the same #+ length of strips and the same amount of time between strips thruout each cast and from cast to cast.The retrieve's predictability will help to trigger a respnse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKollmann Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Too bad the monthly meetings aren't held at Dick's in Schaumburg to make the venue more inclusive (in terms of distance) for those of us in the northern suburbs. Another fishing association of which I'm a member (Arlington Anglers) meets at Dick's and draws attendees from southern, western and northern suburbs. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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