When mending my fly line, where should that pivot point of the line be? Do you want the mend to pivot where the fly line meets the leader? Close to the indicator? Or some where in the leader? Often when I mend, it will move my indicator or dry fly a bit, I pretend its just putting a bit of action on the fly, but im not sure if its actually ruining my presentation.
Depends on how far you are casting and how much leader is on the water. Ideally, yes you would want to move all your fly line and a bit of your leader without moving the fly. But most of the time, its okay if your fly or indicator moves a little bit (as long as its able to drift naturally for an extended period of time afterwards).
Presenting your flies is like meeting a girl, if you don’t get it just right and put it right in front of them… they won’t bite. Definitely not speaking from experience. Loved this video.
2:13 I’m not sure about that logic. Yes there’s minimal bug activity and the fish will be holding deeper but at least where I’m from I can throw a streamer or a wooly in February and expect to do well. Just saying that fish are extremely opportunistic especially browns bows and Brookie’s
True. Streamers work great in the winter. I would add the same principle applies. Gotta get it into the strike zone (somewhat close to the bottom during the winter). And they are more willing to move for a big chunk of protein (more bang for their buck) vs moving large distances for a little nymph.
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Ton of info in 10 minute vid, love it, will watch it half dozen times, thanks.
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Back to the basics! haha Appreciate it.
That overhead mend view was money!
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Thanks again. Great Video...tight lines except when mending 😁
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Spinning rod & reel float leader fly has worked for me
When mending my fly line, where should that pivot point of the line be? Do you want the mend to pivot where the fly line meets the leader? Close to the indicator? Or some where in the leader?
Often when I mend, it will move my indicator or dry fly a bit, I pretend its just putting a bit of action on the fly, but im not sure if its actually ruining my presentation.
ideally you dont want your indicator or dry fly to move at all, but sometimes a little bit of movement isn't the end of the world.
Depends on how far you are casting and how much leader is on the water. Ideally, yes you would want to move all your fly line and a bit of your leader without moving the fly. But most of the time, its okay if your fly or indicator moves a little bit (as long as its able to drift naturally for an extended period of time afterwards).
You can get super nerdy and pick out the perfect bug but if you can’t fish it….well getting out is always a good thing
Agreed!
Presenting your flies is like meeting a girl, if you don’t get it just right and put it right in front of them… they won’t bite. Definitely not speaking from experience. Loved this video.
drag is bad until its one of the days when exactly the drag making fish attack the fly..
2:13 I’m not sure about that logic. Yes there’s minimal bug activity and the fish will be holding deeper but at least where I’m from I can throw a streamer or a wooly in February and expect to do well. Just saying that fish are extremely opportunistic especially browns bows and Brookie’s
True. Streamers work great in the winter. I would add the same principle applies. Gotta get it into the strike zone (somewhat close to the bottom during the winter). And they are more willing to move for a big chunk of protein (more bang for their buck) vs moving large distances for a little nymph.