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.
Also remember that the
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to your spot consistantly, and help you catch more fish.
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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