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Date: April 26, 2006 at 22:43:15
From: ken, [pool-64-222-36-135.prov.east.verizon.net]
Subject: Something to think about and be challenged by


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Date: December 29, 2003 at 11:23:43
From: ken, [pool-64-223-38-106.prov.east.verizon.net]
Subject: The Great In-Between!





Since way, way, way back fishermen and not just fly fishermen have been saying that the top is a known place to fish and the bottom is another known place to fish but how do you know where you are fishing in the great in-between?

One way is a bobber and let down a length of line another way is to use the top to hold thing in suspension like that bobber or a floating plug and those types of Top oriented presentations.

The other one is the bottom and with conventional tackle it is easier to get to the bottom cleanly and with control than it is with fly tackle except perhaps in shallow water.

Add moving water and the whole dynamic becomes infinitely complex and even more so with a fly rod. Add waves and wave current and it changes again from vertical and horizontal-to-horizontal and vertical and a few others caused by different speeds and short bursts of lateral energy.

The great in-between
Just where is the in-between located?
The bottom is easy to find and so is the top but were exactly is the In-between and how do you know where you are in it with all these forces doing this and that in various places and environments.

Sinking lines can be answers to specific special situations.
First the problem has to be seen clearly and then the solution must be defined if only through a feeling.
Not all sinking lines are the same and none of them are solutions in themselves for in-between and many bottom presentations.
I have found that very fast sinking heavy nine weight and above lines are good for fishing on the bottom in sand bottomed salt rivers in the winter time. I learned to do this; fishing for sea runs many, many years ago. It works well. The water is fairly shallow three to five feet with a few deeper places that are slow and not streamy and not all that fishy either, and the flows are tighter and shallower and that quick sinking line works real well and better than any other method I have used in those types of rivers.
This is a bottom fishing situation in current that uses a sinking line and is very effective as a good producer of sea runs day in ad day out over many years. There is more to it but the line is the most important constant in this method. Quick sinking and on the bottom and fairly streamy shallow water. It works on streamy shallow water on flats also but it is not the always the only or the best method.

There are usually several methods that someone can use to connect with fish and again the top methods are simple to understand, and the bottom ones are also. It is those in-between ones that are hard to identify precisely. There are no answers that come from manufacturers as they are not line handling experts and are trying to sell their wares.

We have to experiment and find answers and push the knowledge envelope.
Any discoveries you can explain that are controlled and repeatable and measurable?

Chuck and chance it and random, ”I throw it out there and it works,” is not an answer that people can repeat following your directions but rather it is holding confusion up as a path to fishing success.
That is O.K. in and of itself but it is not a consistently effective sinking line “in-between,” technique although I also like it when it works.

What are some of your most effective in-between techniques and why?


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