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 Presenting Dry flies: Reach Cast, Pile Cast, Bounce Cast
Posted by lunchbox on Monday, March 13 @ 07:21:47 PST
Many people, especially from back east automatically fish small dries upstream to rising fish. Your catch rates will improve drastically if you fish these same flies down and across to the rising fish. If you are throwing upstream, the fish get a good look at your line and leader before the fly gets to them. Second, your line will be crossing several current planes before your fly reaches the fish. It is very difficult to put enough slack into the line on an upstream presentation before it gets there. If you fish your dries (especially smaller dries) down and across, the first thing that the fish see is the fly and it is also easier to impart slack into the line on the cast. To get good at it, spend some time practice casting away from the river on presentation casts such as a reach cast, pile cast, and bounce cast. This way you can focus more on your casting and less on the pod of fish steadily rising to baetis duns 30 feet away. This goes against "proper" technique, but will get you more selective fish out west in all of the very tricky streams such as the Henry's Fork (railroad ranch), Silver Creek, the Missouri, etc..
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Re: Presenting Dry flies: Reach Cast, Pile Cast, Bounce Cast
by waterwhippa on Wednesday, March 15 @ 11:20:38 PST http://salmonriverspecialists.com | | Jason I agree that the fish do see your line, leader etc. when presenting dries upstream. However Stream side vegetation and trees in tight quarters will usually only allow for a direct upstream cast on our smaller freestones here in the East. Even on the larger tailwaters like the Delaware presenting a dry on a down stream drift is really frowned upon by the elitists. I totally prefer the Down stream and across drift for the reasons you mentioned. It is funny that there is a stigma attached to the way you present a fly while fishing. |
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Re: Presenting Dry flies: Reach Cast, Pile Cast, Bounce Cast
by jason-c on Tuesday, March 28 @ 17:03:09 PST http://www.fliesandfinswest.com | | Lunch box makes some great points though. I know that some from the east don't like this method, to each his own I guess. I am interested in why people feel that way? It is important to note that there are places out west where you will not catch a fish on the dry unless it is presented down stream. Fishing pressure creates lots of educated fish out here. Not to mention the Cadiis hatches-down and across is deadly because of the way Caddis move on the water. |
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