Jim Dicken

Extend your Float and Fly Season for Bluegill

For those of you who love to Float and Fly Fish, don't put those rods and reels away just yet. There is some great fishing in the spring and summer for BIG bluegill on clear Tennessee Mountain Reservoirs and I am sure on other lakes around the country. I recently spent a couple of days with Bob Coan the Float and Fly Guru who invented Bob's Bobber and the Coan Rig for fishing the Float and Fly. Well Bob... (posted by Jim 5 years 251 days ago.)

The Float and Fly a "Historical and Sporting View"

There has been a LOT of talk about the Float and Fly lately in magazines and on regional TV shows. The "Newest" tactic to catch big fish! Reality is that the "Float and Fly" has been around for years. It was originally a way to catch crappie in the winter. Fishermen used the rig to fish small jigs and minnows for crappie. The problem was that in East Tennessee where the technique originated, crappie... (posted by Jim 5 years 251 days ago.)

How to fish the Float and Fly

I took a short weekend trip to Dale Hollow to visit my good friend and guide, Bob Coan of Celina Tennessee. Bob had been touting a technique of fishing for Smallmouth that while not new is not common anywhere but on Dale Hollow at this time. The technique is called the Float’n Fly. The rig starts with a 10 foot or thereabouts All Pro Float and Fly Rod , a trigger bail spinning reel. And jigs so small that a crappie might not... (posted by Jim 5 years 251 days ago.)