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[BCfisherman97]

Yes bottom fishing with krill and eggs is deadly. I remember the first time I went to Kawkawa, I had bites every cast but I missed almost all of them. Only managed to land two. It was fairly frustrating. 

[island boy]

bcfisherman the trick to hooking up when bottom fishing with krill is to slowly lift your rod tip when you feel a bite. if you jerk it to set the hook it just pops out. slowly lift the tip of your rod and once there is some tension there then set the hook carefully. took me a while to figure it out but then it was almost every cast. hope it helps.

[BCfisherman97]

bcfisherman the trick to hooking up when bottom fishing with krill is to slowly lift your rod tip when you feel a bite. if you jerk it to set the hook it just pops out. slowly lift the tip of your rod and once there is some tension there then set the hook carefully. took me a while to figure it out but then it was almost every cast. hope it helps.

Thanks for the info island boy. I probably did jerk the hook out of its mouth because I got too exited. I will try lifting the rod up slow slowly next time I get out.

[one more cast]

Sorry for the fuzzy first pic. The second pic best describes the fly. 3wt clear intermediate sink line both on cast and slow strip or slow troll with the occational but momentary speed burst.

Hi Rieber,

What's the fly pattern called, so I can look it up and find the materials.

Looks like a good pattern and looks like a bead head leech...does the body have anything on it or just what I see in the pic?

Thanks

[Rieber]

just a picked out red dubbing body.

Clear silver lined bead.