Thanks LedHed.
Hawnjigs said:
Pardon my ignorance, but is float & fly a slip bobber technique?
It depends on who is doing the fishing. A few fisherman use slip bobbers. Most who I know use fixed bobbers. Believe it or not, this method can refer to a somewhat convoluted assemblage of leaders, swivels, and a very specialized center-weighted bobber. But, that's for lake and reservoir fishing in Tennessee and other southern states.
Most of what's written about FNF seems to point to lake environments and smallmouth bass. Though, you could likely find a good article on FNF for spotted bass in lakes if you look toward the state of Georgia. In Indiana, anglers fish suitable rivers during the winter months for smallmouth bass with a jig and a bobber.
Basically, FNF fishing, to me, is little more than fishing a jig beneath a bobber.
Hawnjigs said:
And, since JoJoPro just posted the float jigging advantages of lighter heads might 1/16 oz. be heavier than ideal?
One-sixteenth of an ounce seems to be the norm for those fishing rivers in IN for smallmouth bass. Sometimes, anglers will even float a 1/8-oz. jig. However, they can and do go lighter. I've used 1/32-oz. jigs before with good results.
The most import consideration is a little balancing act that can occur between bobber and jig known as
strike detection which goes beyond submersing a float. This is a subject for a thread all its own, since there will be differences in the discussions of equipment and technique used for fishing a lake vs. a river environment.
Good questions Hawnjigs.
Used to buy alot of those 1/16 darter heads, but my local store no longer carries them... only in 1/32 now. :dodgy: Looks like the 1/16's were replaced by the 'insert' head style that i don't like as well.