Sk8man

You won't be sorry they do a great job and the reels come back like new with a good turn around time and fair pricing. Kind of rare servicing for these days.and they are great!

I know a lot of guys do it but a while back I tried it with one of my reels and ended up sending it to Andy to complete as a bag of parts

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Best of luck to all you folks fishing it and thanks to all involved. Your deciision to hold off with that weather report was the right one too Nick

Sweet! Some great eating there....

Short section of fluoro (6-8 ft long) solid ring ball bearing swivel at each end of it. Lower your main line and lure about 15 or 20 ft and then hook the empty end swivel to the main line and fasten and let it slide downthen let down while carefully lowering the downrigger weight to where you want the main lure to be. The slider will usually ride up or down and locate itself in the belly of the line above the main lure. usually works best with lightweight spoons and not usually stickbaits because of the tangle potential.

I use Todd in NY 's method

Good tip about the hemlock spinners if you can get beforehand. Stop at the Bait Barn between Naples and Middlesex or call there foirst and ask if they have any sawbellies live or frozen (frozen is actually better in terms of getting it to spin right). Run them behind the downriggers (6-10 ft) and/or the dipsey and spinney or flasher out 250-350. vary your trolling speed. Thermocline should be running between about 50-80 ft about now if you don't have a temp device. A lot of times about this time you can run right down the center of the lake. Fish below 70 ft for the lakers and in the 50-70 range for rainbows. Small spoons for the bows and trolled pretty fast, lakers slower 2.0-2.3 You could also run sliders on each rigger for rainbows above the hemnlocks (could have slight tangle but may be worth it). Troll Sutton spoons at slower speeds than the other spoons you may try.... again... usually 2.0 to 2.3 or 2.4 at the fastest for laker action. if after silvers exclusively fish specifically for them ....middle of the lake troll 2.4-3.2 small (non Suttons) spoons orange and copper, silver/copper, blue/silver, green/silver Vary your speed frequently, make a lot of (careful) turns. Good luck.

Mike I sent his info to you in a PM

Boat speed, number of colors out and the lure make a difference. For example with a very light flutter spoon and 10 colors out there can be a bow or belly in the leadcore such that it lifts the light spoon upward and higher speed will also lift the lure up from where you estimate it. A heavier spoon may give you a little more depth especially at slower speed. You can get a pretty good estimate by running a Fishawk TD on it and subtract a foot for the additional weight of it.

Nick you have a PM

Don't do it Mike. You'll lose your money and maybe compromise your credit card too.

Yeah it makes you wonder where they come from ....way out there in the middle of nowhere...I've often wondered if they hatch on the water out there or something...

I told ya that although kinda homely.....Mr. google eye could end up being a close friend Nick

Nice work! You sure had those browns dialed in....Those pesky flies seem to love it when it goes flat and the sun comes out

Might be time for the barbie rod Nick!

I'm not sure how you rigged your free sliders but we often account for about half our fish on them.I used to stack rods but I think they are more inconvenient to mess with than sliders. Folks use various lengths but I generally rig mine 6-8 ft long and I lower my first line about15 or 20 ft before attaching the slider.