Quote Originally Posted by mhall View Post
Remember you have to have a buggy whip FNF rod to do this effectively and 9 foot is really as short as you would want to go, 10 foot os very popular with alot of guys. Any good mid sized spinning reel with a GOOD DRAG is fine. You are throwing a fixed Bobber and 12 to 14 foot in leader thus the long rod.
Hey Gary (Floatman) what about that leader length......

No seriously, Gary knows as much about the FNF as anyone. And he makes some mean flys to! Gary says (and me) that a 7-8 foot leader does and will catch em most of the time. ONLY if the shallower presentation doesn't work, will I go to maybe 10. I think everyone (including me) gets caught up in the "normal" way to do it. I've learned alot of things from guys on here and believe me the old saying, don't knock it til you try it is appropiate here. Try the shorter leader first. I've taken buddies that hardly ever fish and can't even throw a spinning reel and rig it on a Zebco 33 and they would catch 'em as well as me (Ask Gary on this one, he met and talked one of those guys, "Bill Dance") LOL Gary, you remember him and how he caught them numerous times with me!
Later,
Tim