For more info on the hitch read this article. It is difficult to properly position the heavily weighted fly with the leader attached only to the hook eye they ride with the tail end down & the eye up rather than more parallel like the natural insect. It can not go to fast because then it will start to spray and it can not go to slow cause then it will drown. I often use a modified riffle hitch on heavy-weighted stonefly nymphs to suspend them in the water column with a more natural posture. use your free hand to speed up or slow down the tube depending on the speed of the current. Use a slightly shorter leader than you would normally perhaps 8,5 – 9 foot long and hold your rod tip high so that the tube skids the surface. I’ve caught both salmon and sea trout on the hitch and I’ve heard about both brown trout and char caught on the hitch so try it next time you go salmon fishing. In my mind thats salmon fishing in a nutshell and the reason I keep coming back for more. For starters it is lightweight and small so it’s a treat to cast but when it hits the water and starts skidding across the surface creating that V pattern, thats simply beautiful and you could easily lose yourself just watching it… Then out of nowhere a salmon breaks the surface and slams your tube. In my personal experience if never seen a pool come alive like when someone is casting a hitch tube over it, the salmon very often start jumping like crazy.īeing on the bank of a nice salmon river by a beautiful pool and you cast the hitch tube is simply wonderful. Well not always jump on it but alot of times simply follow it. This pattern apparently makes the salmon (well not just salmon) go crazy and jump on it. These surface skating tubes are an ideal choice for low water, summer conditions.Head t. That way the tube skids on the surface creating a V pattern behind it. Step by step instructions for a very simple but effective salmon fly. Here is a photo of the hitch tube. The hitch tube is simply a small plastic tube that has a hole in the side of it instead of at the top so the leader goes into the side of the tube. The idea behind the riffle hitch is that you either take a regular salmon fly, preferably a double or a single hook and tie a half hitch knot about one third down the shank or you can use a hitch tube which in my opinion is much better. I’ve just recently registered to the forums on .uk and while taking part in a conversation there I got the idea to write what little I know about the riffle hitch.
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