How to Fish Woolly Buggers in Rivers, Part II: The Dead Drift

[@bentrujillo]

thx you for your technical expertise 👍🏼

[@kec2528]

Good video. How much yarn indicator do you use over top of two #8 buggers without them pulling it down? Thanks.

[@bobsalterorsouthwestsaltah4959]

Love the info !!! Any chance you can post the sizes too ?? 14 or 20, black versus ??? Dreaming of catching a beauty like you did / do !!!! Bob from NH - currently hiding in Colorado !!!

[@jensenflyfishing]

Those woolly buggers were a #8 Bob. Vary the colors and depths and see what triggers 'em. (PS - browns in fall seem to trigger onto yellow...)

[@colbymills4006]

What is the best fly line to use for wooly buggars? Sinking tip?

[@sterlingspor7851]

That depends on how deep you are trying to fish, for the most part a floating line is used, often relying on bead heads or split shot to get down to depth.Sink tips and full sinking lines are usually for deep fast water when you need to get the fly deep fast. At least that’s my experience.

[@jeffreykeithlockridge6248]

I think he answers this question in the 1st video.... short answer though use a regular weight forward floating line. I'm getting down to them with my leader, tippet and weight.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Depends on the action you're giving them. In this 3 part video I'm using floating but by all means if you want to strip the flies and give them a lot of action then st lines are great; the faster and deeper the water or the faster retrieve use more aggressive sink rates. Cheers

[@ThomasTheWankEngine1]

Sounds beautiful...

[@cranevermont]

Love this! Thank you.

[@rjohnson5120]

This and part I are really really good. Solved some mysteries for me. Thank you! Quick question, what part of the country are you in? Fascinating as I’m used to mountain trout fishing. This looks like it could be Nebraska. Thanks again.

[@jensenflyfishing]

It's in Alberta, Canada but could be a lot of similar rivers with braided gravel. Cheers

[@kevinjtoner]

Very nice video!! I like the idea of a small swivel. What is the tool you used to attach the indicator with? Thank you.......

[@sterlingspor7851]

Google New Zealand strike indicator tool.

[@KarlMySuitcase]

You can also do it without the tool, but it's fidgety.

[@adventuretimefishinghunting]

Great video lots of tips!

[@connielund8763]

Where's part 3? Thanks

[@SwitchRod]

🤷‍♂️

[@to447918]

How do you fish such a heavy rig without drowning the wool indicator?

[@JamesP29]

They don't....It's all B.S. lol.

[@jasonlovi8745]

to447918 treat it with floatant maybe?

[@jensenflyfishing]

GINK! :) It doesn't take a lot of material or gink to float it. The other thing to consider is that even if it sinks it doesn't really "sink" per se - it'll ride in the water film or just under and still indicate. Hope that helps. :)

[@jensenflyfishing]

@@jasonlovi8745 definitely.

[@newmoon984331]

i feel like it should also be mentioned that the birds bombing around on the shoreline usually means there's a hatch happening and nymphing with a bugger should often not be the first choice. ;-)

[@michelarseneault8078]

Question for Dave: After setting up the NZ indicator, you never showed if it was floating well. WAS IT? Because the piece of wool seemed a bit small to allow a good float for 1 swivel and 2 beaded Wooly Buggers Thanks in advance for the answer and keep up the good work !!!

[@phoult37]

Yeah a yarn indicator definitely is not the best choice for a double bugger rig

[@michelarseneault8078]

@@phoult37 Thanks for the answer but may I ask who is Pat ?, Dave's collegue ?

[@jensenflyfishing]

There are several tube sizes for the NZ system. You could float a large spin fishing spoon under the larger tube and yarn... it supports a lot once ginked up in larger sizes 👍

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

Really excellent tips, thanks. :-)

[@christianborris6754]

Wicked.

[@10slinger]

Is this the John Denver guy with contact lenses?

[@adventureswithfrodo2721]

Please teach it right. If you font put floatant on the yarn it is useless

[@taxt17]

Bird city

[@rodgerminer3202]

It's float fishing not fly fishing !