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Post by tynetraveller on Feb 22, 2007 10:45:14 GMT
I was talking to a friend who fished a lot in big, cold rivers with fast sinking lines and he always retrieves the fly in slow pulls when fishing deep. This is a bit at odds with fishing the fly as slowly as possible in cold water, but he firmly believes it to be worthwhile. He also catches a lot of fish!
Do any forum members have any thoughts on this?
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Post by macd on Feb 22, 2007 10:52:20 GMT
Doesnt really affect the speed of the fly- but accentuates its movement.
As to the physics- there was a piece done by crawford little some years ago in which he explained how the speed of a handlined fly is not affected by as much as you may beleive. I suppose this would exclude stripping it.
Ross
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Post by wilson on Feb 22, 2007 11:01:25 GMT
Early season in Eastern Canada the water is often cold and we fish floating lines, but fish the fly fast. Really fast. And usually pump the rod or rod tip. David Bishop, who guides on both Cascapedia's, taught me this the theory being that the fish are aggressive early in the season having come straight from the ocean and we want to take advantage of that. Floating or sinking was a matter of water height, speed was a stronger consideration.
I was able to visually see this in action on the Bonaventure a few years ago while working some fish in the tail of a deep pool. No fly change worked, altering the presentation to "rip" a white muddler accross their field of view was the ticket.
-Chris
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Post by hornet on Feb 22, 2007 15:05:07 GMT
I tend to strip the fly if i think things are a bit slow / quiet. I still have a bit of the trout habit hanging around that i hope to stop this season.
Hornet
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