Fishing with small jigs or flies under a float

[splashhopper]

I tried a "wooly bugger" on an 6lb main line with a 4'-4lb leader and no wait or float on Saturday in a little hole i was fishing.

Just jigging it up and down under a tree..

WHAMMMO! Rainbow hit it so hard I almost dropped my rod !

 

Lost the fish after a minute as I couldn't really tell how deep he was because I couldnt see the swivel where my mainline atttached to the leader. ( That's my excuse and I am sticking to it to! lol)

 

Then i tried putting the little jig under the float to no avail.

 

So i go back to the first set up and WHAMMO! Another one nails it and i just played it right out till he was done! ( fried him up on shore about 30 minutes later too)

 

So my question is:

 

How the heck do i fish those jigs in other spots on the river ?

Under a float?

 

Straight line and leader and weight and with some kind of marker on it?

 

 

Any suggestions ( with pics) would be great.

 

Thankx

 

splashopper

[jjcanoe]

Are you useing a regular float or a slip float?

 

jjcanoe

[splashhopper]

usually a regular float but can use a slip float if need be.

[OhioFisherman]

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s...hvarAID=vantage

[MuddyWater]

i just drift them or cast them with one slit shot