Originally Posted by
elnutsmalljaws
One 5+ on the 1/4 oz Yellow Hoss Fly (January), another 5+ on 1/2 oz Silver Buddy (December) and all other 5 plus and 6 pounders were caught on the greatest winter fishing technique known to man FLOAT N FLY. Best technique for suspended fish and it will flat out catch fish. My guess is 100 plus fish over 4lbs, plus the 5's and 6's listed and lost another that was an EASY 8 pounder after fighting the big girl for 10 minutes and she straightened out the hook on my FNF jig. I use 1/16oz Duck Feather with Chartreuse and either Red, Blue or Purple, depending on what is hot at that time 98% of the time. 99% of the above fish were caught with a leader lenght of between 9 and 13 feet, depending on conditions. All were caught out of Dale Hollow since winter of 2004, when I started fishing Dale.