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2K views 24 replies 17 participants last post by  hikepat 
You may be fishing too deep if you are allowing it to sink. Freshly planted fish will usually stay in the top 6ft of water for the first few weeks. I mainly use a type 3 full sinker and begin retriving or trolling as soon as it hits the water. I have also noticed that when using wooley buggers and careys they tend to like a faster retrieve. A slow retrive should be ok though as long as you have a floating or slow sinking line.

Just using buggers and leeches near the surface this year on a local put/take lake, I have outfished all the power bait chuckers and chain trollers around me. If anything their presence will just shy the fish away from shiney lures and noisy boat motors, making it easier to get them on a fly.
 
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