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