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