ipjrobson wrote:That's awesome. I can't say that I have done much micro fishing but there are plenty of microspecies I haven't caught yet.
The last couple times I was out fishing I noticed some smaller species that I wanted to target but just didn't have the right hook size.
Having said that, what hook size were you using?
There are a couple of ways to go:
- Aggressive fish like creek chub, juvenile bass/sunfish can take a #6 or #8 tipped with worm.
- An easy way to get smaller fish is pick up some weighted flies in the #20 & #22 size, tipped with a very small piece of worm like:
http://www.basspro.com/Zebra-Midge-Flie ... /10211801/
- The best way to go for small less agressive fish is Tanago hooks (hooks designed for very small fish) with some small split shot you can find: (
http://www.tenkarabum.com/micro-fishing-hooks.html);
A general discussion on micro fishing can be found here:
http://www.tenkarabum.com/micro-fishing.html or
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1689771 ... 4/?fref=nf
I find that presentation is key. Some fish prefer certain areas in the water column and current. Some will only hit a bait that is still others will only hit something that is either being pulled gently or drifting.
A Japanese goal is to get a fish that fits onto a 1 yen coin which in 3/4 of inch across.