Setting Up a Simple Float Rig for Salmon
If you've spent enough time on the river during the fall run, you understand that a float rig for salmon is basically a cheat code for reaching fish that are tucked away in deep, walking-speed water. It's one of those techniques that looks simple on the surface—just a bobber plus some bait, right? —but there is a bit of a science to getting it to drift perfectly with the strike zone. If your presentation isn't vertical and natural, those big kings and silvers will just watch your bait sail right past them without a second thought. ...