| Good Fly Presentation
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| | Leader Connection
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| Obviously, the goal when casting a fly is
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| | If you are a fly caster, you know that a
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| to present the fly to the fish in a
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| | smooth connection between the leader and
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| realistic manner. You are trying to
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| | fly line is important in presentation.
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| simulate nature here. If you are going
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| | The best way to do this is to nail-knot a
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| for trout in a stream, for instance, this
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| | six-inch piece of 25-30 pound leader
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| means a drag-free float of 36 inches over
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| | material to the end of the fly line. A
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| a precise spot that marks the window of a
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| | loop like those found on snelled hooks is
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| feeding fish.
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| | then tied into the opposite end. The
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| Also remember that the Evening Secret (
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| | connecting leader must also have a loop.
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| will swarm fish to your spot
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| | Connecting the leader itself is done by
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| consistantly, and help you catch more
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| | passing the loop attached to the fly line
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| fish.
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| | through the loop on the leader; reaching
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| Never randomly cast - you have got to
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| | through the fly line loop. Next, grab
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| pick a spot and hit it. Throw tight
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| | the butt section of the leader and pull
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| loops that put the fly on target. One
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| | the leader up through until the tippet
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| important method that can be used is to
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| | passes the loop. Last, just pull the
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| overcast the target and stop the line
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| | loops together by tugging on the fly line
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| short while it is in the air. The fly
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| | and the butt section in opposite
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| should come back to you and fall on the
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| | directions.
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| water with slack in the leader.
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| | Strategy
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| The best trout fishermen fish with only
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| | If you are every in a situation where see
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| 30 to 35 feet of line, but make up for
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| | large brown trout in open water and hold,
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| this with accurate casting. They read
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| | your best bet is to use a No. 12 Cinnamon
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| waters will and put the fly in the p ay
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| | Ant and sink it. If this doesn't work,
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| zone time after time. One of the most
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| | move to the No.16 Adams fly. Still
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| important thins they do is to recognize
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| | nothing? Switch to the No. 20 Black Ant.
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| that presentation and approach are much
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| | Last-ditch effort would be to use a 3X
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| more important than pattern.
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| | tippet and use a No. 6 nymph or streamer.
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| It is different for bass. Whether a
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| | Typically the bigger trout will leave
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| surface bug or a streamer, the offering
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| | small morsels to the small guys,
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| must move past a spot where a bass is apt
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| | preferring the bigger bites that are easy
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| to hold. As the boat drifts, it is
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| | to get. They are very economical
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| important to pick a precise time to shoot
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| | feeders.
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| a cast to the target. Too soon or too
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| | High Rider Dry Fly's
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| late, and the fly won't be in the right
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| | If your best dry-fly patterns are failing
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| spot. This is where the double haul form
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| | you, it may be time to switch to spiders
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| of casting becomes essential. It
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| | and variants. Many times a spider or
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| generates line speed and enables the
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| | variant will bring trout to the surface,
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| caster to pick 30 or 40 feet of line off
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| | then you can switch back to a
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| the water and shoot another without false
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| | conventional dry fly.
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| casting.
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| | These spiders and variants will
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| When bassing, make your presentation,
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| | delicately drop to the water, usually
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| retrieve 10 to 20 feet, pick up, and cast
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| | somersaulting or jumping after touching
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| again without the need to false cast.
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| | it. Fish find this very alluring.
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| After each one, drop the rod type and
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| | High riding is another attribute of these
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| keep the butt of the rod near your belt
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| | flies. When tied properly, their hackles
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| buckle with the tip-top of the rod
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| | support the hook above the water's
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| pointing at the line. A simple lift will
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| | surface, thus imitating a natural fly
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| let you execute the next pickup or strike
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| | much more closely than the ordinary fly
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| a fish.
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| | does.
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