07-25-2006, 11:40 PM
I think there are to many variables to the question. From experience, if you use a fast sinking line and you have most of it out, say 70' to 90', it takes a few (what seems like anyway) seconds from the strike to follow the line up to your rod and hand. Your reaction time is ssslllloooowww compared to the fishes. The sag in the line and you pulling the line in or raising your tip only will pull up on the sag. Even with density compensated lines you'll have a little line sag. Anticipate the strike. Daydreaming will rob you of fish.
Another like Joni says is short strikes. Too long of a tail, in which case cut it shorter.
I've read somewhere to strip your line in toward you when you feel a hit. Not raise the tip. That way you'll keep your fly in the zone still. I've adapted it and it's hard to break away from the muscle memory of raising your tip up at every strike.
Also how fast you strip and if you do it erratic or rythmically. Sometimes a fast retrive is the ticket for hooking the buggers.
One more thing. Make sure your hooks are sharp.
EA
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Another like Joni says is short strikes. Too long of a tail, in which case cut it shorter.
I've read somewhere to strip your line in toward you when you feel a hit. Not raise the tip. That way you'll keep your fly in the zone still. I've adapted it and it's hard to break away from the muscle memory of raising your tip up at every strike.
Also how fast you strip and if you do it erratic or rythmically. Sometimes a fast retrive is the ticket for hooking the buggers.
One more thing. Make sure your hooks are sharp.
EA
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