Posts tagged 'spinning rod'

Backswimmers are migrating at this time of year flying from smaller puddles and ponds to the lakes to overwinter. When they spot a lake they literally dive bomb into it making a splat as they hit the water. After impact, the backswimmer begins kicking using its two large legs to get it to the bottom as fast as possible. Somehow they seem to instinctively know that if they don't they will end up as trout food. What we have to do is imitate the splat, then reel or strip line while imparting fast twitches on the fly to imitate this kicking motion. Once we've got that down the trout will do the rest.