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Date: April 07, 2008 at 13:24:59
From: merch, [npt-cache3.npt.nuwc.navy.mil]
Subject: Re: Stripping in a floating line


Glad to see you are having success with the floater.

Although the deaddrift is very productive at times, the floating line should not be limited to use with only a dead drift. There are a wide variety of other methods that use the line to "swim the fly" without casting and stripping it.

Aggressive fish are a little different than settled in feeding fish (which can still be aggressive, justy less likely to chase)

The simplest of these methods to describe (albeit a little harder to master) is the greased line swing.

The greased line swing allows the fisherman to control the line, fly depth, fly speed and fly trajectory (among other things).

If you were to cast accross current in a typical flow (fast in the middle, slower at the edges) and just hold the line, the line would belly down current and the fly would be pulled nose first down and across current. This is not totally ideal at all times and sometimes the fly would be better utilized if it appeared to be swimming across and downcurrent. The difference being that the nose of the fly is pointed across or somewhat upstream as it drops back and accross the flow. This is similar to cast and retrieve in some ways, but the difference is that the bait is not only swimming across current, but it is drifting downcurrent at the same time. More natural than stripping in.

You use the mends to not only keep the line from dragging the fly downstream, but to control the position, speed and trajectory of the fly as you fish it. The basic concept is to keep the line from dragging the fly downcurrent. You just want to allow the current to move the line and fly together without drag “pulling” on the fly or line.

A little harder to describe than I thought...

What this means is if you mend the line properly, the line will be somewhat straight (generalization) from the tip of you rod to the first sunk bit of line. If the current starts pulling the line (bellying) downstream faster than the sunk bit, make a mend upstream to straighten things out keeping the fly swimming across and down. Not down and down :).

If the sunk bit of line appears to be travelling downstream faster than the fly line on the surface (the fly is in faster water than the rest of the fly line) you can make a mend downstream to get the fly swimming across again. I think it might be called leading the fly, but I’m not sure.

Of course every piece of water is different and the decision on how and when to mend is no one’s but your own.

Across and down, across and down, ... That’s the basic principle.

Greased Line Fishing by Jock Scott. It will open up a whole new understanding for you as it did for me.


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