Nitro, what I've done for years is fish the float and fly style craft hair jigs (1/16-1/8 oz) and tip them with a minnow and fish them just like a very slow falling jig. I've never had much luck fishing under the bobber and I like it this way better for a few reasons. 1) The best part of fishing to me is feeling the bite which I can't do when fishing the bobber. They pop this little jig just like they do with any jig. 2) you don't have the huge unwieldy rod. 3) when the fish are 25-35ft deep on the bottom like they were Saturday, I feel I would have been wasting my time floating a fly in 12 ft of water although I know some probably caught several doing just that. 4) finally, I fish mostly with my kids and they would really struggle trying the 9 ft rod for the fly fishing. I fish it on 6lb line. The downside is that it is a slow presentation and it takes time prodding 30 ft depths.
Super simple an effective on most any smallie lake in our area.
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