Pond Boss Forums FISH & FISHING Fly Fishing & Other Fish Species Stubby Steve refresher

I agree with G, casting a float into a school of feeding GC and they'll likely scatter. If you're going to try a spinning rig, I would suggest casting the float rig out first and get the stubbys in the correct feeding zone. Once it's there, fire up the feeder or toss your pellets around your stubbys pellet. If the rig is in the zone already, they won't be spooked by a float splashing down and will likely disregard it entirely as nothing threatening. This works for me on super shy HSB and SMB in my pond when I don't feel like exhausting them on a flyrod - I cast first, then feed second. My largest rod, however, is a 6 wt...so that's another reason for the spinning rig for larger fish I want to land quickly. A 10#+ HSB on 6 wt rod takes some time to subdue.