How to fish buzzers

[jjr]

Hello everyone.......

Just a quick question. I fish buzzers to a fairly decent standard - but I think its the buzzer design thats helping me rather than my technique ( spanflex 1 + 2 - deadly !! ) .

I use an indicator but fish them static - what is the best way of imparting movement , and getting the buzzer ( i only fish 1 at a time ) to move up the water column ?

Thanks !

[welshy]

Im no buzzer fisherman expert by far-ive never caught on one! But from what ive read you can slowly lift the rod about a foot and then lower it to its original position, this will cause the line to move towards you on the lift therefore lifting the buzzer up in the water, then the lowering of the rod gives the line back and the weight of the buzzer makes it sink back down again. This is supposed to be a good way of imitating how they actually move as the try to acsend through the water to hatch. Takes can come on the lift but also on the drop so watch the end of the line for any indication.

welshy

[stevet]

I catch most of my fish on the buzzer, i tend towards a team of epoxy type buzzers at varying depths and colours with a heavier epoxy buzzer on the point. I also tend to fish under a bung where allowed, especially in a ripple as the bung then imparts the straight up and down movement of the natural. Ripping a buzzer at an angle through the water is not the way to fish buzzers. Longer leaders tend to be the norm though locating the fish and then adapting the leader length to suit is the way i usually go. I hate casting long leaders with teams of flies.

Also go static. Not even slow, static. Even a moderate breeze may blow the buzzer laterally too swiftly for natural presentation. Buzzers have no real propulsion to speak of, they use trapped air and wriggly movements to ascend and take their time about it. They can also hang suspended in the water for lengths of time waiting for the right condition to break the surface film.

It is a very versatile way to fish and you can fish most of the water column and a variety of colours. Added to this buzzer hatches do occur year round making them a staple for trout. The only time i would hesitate to use them is in a deeper ressy where the fish are clearly hard on the bottom.

[Countryboy]

Sometimes you just need to 'twitch'

This was proved to me today.

less than 3 hours ago I was fishing a local 'concrete bowl' of 50 acres or so.

It's deep and you need to have at least an 18 - 20 leader.

I was fishing three buzzers static under a bung. After three fish

things went really quiet until I gave two sharp jerks on the line

and allowed the bung to settle. After the last ripple left the Bung

there was another 'ripple' nothing much, no sinking of the bung,

nothing detectable on the line but sure enough as I tightened

on this 'ripple' from the bung I connected with fish.

I went on to take another 4 in exactly the same manner. ;D

Yours 'twitchingly'

C.B

[lakefisher]

C.B

If your bung/pimp does anything that it wasn't 2 seconds ago - it's always worth an exploitory "tighten."

It's truly amazing how many times this will result in a fish (or three !)

Well done with your catch.

Cheers ..... Tony