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steelhead · 07-23-2005, 08:51 AM

Was fishing an 8" parrot pencil popper this AM about sun up. I kept getting short strikes on it. Was doing sort of a medium retrieve. Slowed it down. No strikes. Speeded it up. No strikes. Went back to medium and got short strikes. Some of these hits were in skinny water at my feet. Saw the fish. They had some size to them. Tried pausing after the strike and then some twitches. Nothing... Tried to speed up after the strike. Had one follow but, a short strike again. I'm puzzled. I began thinking that maybe a floating needle might have been an option, cause something wasn't quite right. Any thoughts. A color change?

07-23-2005, 08:51 AM	#1
steelhead Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: North shore Posts: 1,247	Pencil popper short strikes Was fishing an 8" parrot pencil popper this AM about sun up. I kept getting short strikes on it. Was doing sort of a medium retrieve. Slowed it down. No strikes. Speeded it up. No strikes. Went back to medium and got short strikes. Some of these hits were in skinny water at my feet. Saw the fish. They had some size to them. Tried pausing after the strike and then some twitches. Nothing... Tried to speed up after the strike. Had one follow but, a short strike again. I'm puzzled. I began thinking that maybe a floating needle might have been an option, cause something wasn't quite right. Any thoughts. A color change?