In lighter flows, even less.Īlways remember that example. I’d say that, even in the heaviest flows, the fly or shot finds rock in no more than two seconds. In both cases the fly or the shot reaches the riverbed in no time at all. Take the lightest beadhead fly in your fly box and drop it (unattached) in two feet of moving water. Once you send that weight or a weighted fly to the end of the cast and it enters the water, your job is twofold. when I bring up the difference between dropping and drifting, their eyebrows scrunch up. They also know that cross currents create drag, and they intuitively understand that a longer drift allows for more drop time and greater depth.īut. The tuck cast gives people trouble, but they get the idea.
And they easily grasp the drag of material resistance, understanding that a bushy fly sinks slower than a streamlined one of the same size and weight. They get the concept of allowing more tippet under the water to get deeper. And I often walk my guided guests through these methods as we fish nymphs and streamers throughout the day. There really are seven different ways to get your fly deeper. Especially in the water types where we most often fish nymphs and streamers, trout keep their bellies near the bottom and look for food to come to them. Rarely do they hang out mid-column or just under the surface. Every angler who has ever sent flies under the surface quickly learns that trout are near the bottom. It’s a companion video that pairs with a widely shared article that I wrote a couple of years ago. Last week, I published a video about how we can get the fly deeper.
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