03-14-2003, 04:32 AM
Never seen one (clown fly), but it sound cool .Do you try to match it up with a clown rapala ? I never have fished Deer Creek much . Just where the streams come in .I did take the kids up by the dam and let them bait fish off shore and as soon as one of them hit the bottom , he caught a 16" smallie on a worm .I'm still waiting for a good size smallie to hit my line . Since we are all friends here , I guess I can share one of my secrets . I've fished lakes with crawdads and have had good luck fishing crawdad color jigs by dragging them on the bottom this time of year . I pull it slowly on the bottom in 4" to 6" strips and a long pause . It is kinda hard to feel the bites , but if the line goes slack set the hook .This is hard to do on windy days . I have even tried this for walleye at Utah lake with the same jig and it brought me up some nice eyes at the bubble up in march . It helps to know where the browns are hanging out . That has taken up a lot of my time finding them . I think if you can find them in Deer Creek you may want to try this out if they are on bottom . I have had them chase it up to the top in 30' water to recast and just put it in front of their nose and they hit it . You might try spider jigs . tight lines ~~~~ friends
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