Foam on the Nasties

Lately I've logged in a lot of time on the river as well as a lot of time on the vise (summer-school procrastination at its finest). A few weeks ago I was anchored up on the lower Mo and watched a 5lb brown come out of the depths and eat a dead or dying fish that was on the rise to the surface (the baitfish was around 5"" long). Putting my biology and fishing backgrounds together, I came up with a weightless, foam headed, articulated streamer that mimics a dying or dead fish on the rise. Needless to say after doing a little research, I wasn't the first to come up with this idea. I'm still experimenting a little bit, but so far 2-4' of 8-12lb. maxima on a streamer express, stripped two or three times, then paused allowing it to rise has been the ticket. I'm yet to LAND any brutes, but I've hooked into a few, and let me tell you the take is like nothing I've seen before. Next time you're on the vise tying up some junk for the fatties, try tying a few weightless, foam headed streamers and be ready for some aggressive takes you've never seen before!

-Cornfed