Guest airbornemike Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Stopped by the "pet store" last night, went up top and scored three with a few more blowups that I missed. an absolute monster came unbuttened after many carthweels (I'm haunted ) last time you will endure the mug shot torture. Wiggle fly was the tickett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronk Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 That fly looks like an old time flatfish/lazy ike lure.I know how bad you feel losin a "monster".A few weeks ago I lost a sure 20+.He wasn't able to shake the fly despite 2 huge jumps which made me feel confident that he was solidly hooked. He than started to make repeated short powerful surges eventually pulling free of the fly.BUMMER!!! The 16" I caught a few minutes later was little consolation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonn Graham Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Which way did you find worked best when working the wiggle minnow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rich mc Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 i have had several good fly anglers tell me that the wiggle bug has a history of low percentage of hook up and landing the fish.i have one a few of them and they look great in the water and i have to agree that les than 50% of hit are hooked good. rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest airbornemike Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Which way did you find worked best when working the wiggle minnow? Stripping with aggressive rod tip manipulation, I stuck a small peice of split shot a foot or so above the fly to slow the suspended rise during the pauses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest airbornemike Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 i have had several good fly anglers tell me that the wiggle bug has a history of low percentage of hook up and landing the fish.i have one a few of them and they look great in the water and i have to agree that les than 50% of hit are hooked good. rich Rich, I think thats true with alot of top water for SM. Many times I find bigger smallies are either deep hooking or slappn it, I've learned to switch to a suspended style baitfish when there slappn at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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