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Originally Posted by montanaman  Great info Jim! Those flies are awesome.
What depth were you targeting and did you hook many deeper than 30 feet?
I am going to give those Mack's a try on my fly rod this summer. |
Rick - We caught a few down at the bottom while drifting in 25 to 40 feet. Takes a long time to sink that leadcore shooting head down that deep and can't stay in the zone long though. We had better luck targeting the big fish that were up near the surface chasing both lake whitefish and schools of ciscos. These fish were from surface to 10 feet down out in water anywhere from 15 to 90 feet deep. We got some casting in areas we saw fish, or we also trolled the flys around when they were scattered. Sometimes when they they would show on the meter when trolling we'd take the boat out of gear and sink the fly down, and then could get some on the retrieve. I think those open water fish were really moving around actively looking for food.
We also caught fish up on gravel bars from 1 foot to maybe 10 feet deep. They ate the big flys too but usually it was the smaller fish, still nice 5 to 8# stuff. Can't wait to go try it again.
Hope you have soem luck on your macks.
Jim
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