Years ago in the old Fishing Holes magazine (circa 1975) there was an article on the most effective method to catch trout. It involved a 4/0 trout dodger, a short green carey special and a piece of worm. The green carey special is only tied on half the hook leaving the back half for the worm piece.
I might mention this article was pre-smelly jelly as the worm was needed for scent.
We had a chance to use it two days last week and it works good for seep lake trout. The dodger choice was size 4/0 in 50/50 color. I had hoped to keep the leader short in the under 16 inch range but every time I tied it came out to 24 inches. We checked and at 0.9 mph the small dodger still moves the fly.
One trout even broke a 11 lb leader but I think it may have been a sharp edge on the dodger lower snap. Biggest we landed was a chunky 17 1/2". The one that broke off was able to take out more line than the biggest that was landed.
Good luck if you ever try "retro".
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MarkFromSea
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Re: old fishing method re-visited
The 0000 dodger chrome is my favorite trout catcher, has been for almost 20 years. Works better in E WA for me than W WA, not sure why that is.
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Re: old fishing method re-visited
so far we've been out twice fishing with this method. Trout are something to see. We're up to being broke off 3 times now.
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Mind me asking what retro lake you were dragging the retro gear? Switching from Pop gear to that dodger, many years ago, was a goooooood idea. Does not pull nearly as hard as the line twisting, do you have a fish on? Gang troll!!. Hey, a thought. Does the sling blade do just as well as the dodger for trout? I am going to try it!!!!
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zen leecher
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Re: old fishing method re-visited
There's nothing special about the lake I'm fishing. Any lake with a little depth to it will give similar results.
I don't believe sling blades come in a 50/50 color. We also tried chrome dodgers and brass dodgers. The brass dodgers workes just about as good as the 50/50 but chrome was a very distant 3rd.
I don't believe sling blades come in a 50/50 color. We also tried chrome dodgers and brass dodgers. The brass dodgers workes just about as good as the 50/50 but chrome was a very distant 3rd.
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MarkFromSea
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Thanks for the tip! I'll pop some 50/50s in the box.........zen leecher wrote:There's nothing special about the lake I'm fishing. Any lake with a little depth to it will give similar results.
I don't believe sling blades come in a 50/50 color. We also tried chrome dodgers and brass dodgers. The brass dodgers workes just about as good as the 50/50 but chrome was a very distant 3rd.
"Fish Hard and Fish Often!"