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Old 07-13-2019, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by coyoteman View Post
The snareing river in jasper,because of the rock flour is very merky.A senior italian showed me how to catch the white fish.Bend a section of 6 in wire coat hanger in a V attach it to your cast leader,about 18 in up a royal coachman on a dropper.Method-cast upstream and let it belly down,when the coachman comes out of the murk,you got yourself a white fish--attached the hanger section with lighter cast so if it snags,you can break off and put another.This was how I caught an extremely large bull trout,and many white fish.
Thats crazy - i was told that same tip in the jasper fly shop around 15ish years ago. Besides that i have never heard of it again, or someone who caught something using it. Seems like a decent idea.
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