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