08-05-2012, 05:57 PM
Throwing Streamers is a technique all its own.
Iit really just boils down to tossing it straight across the river from you. Point your rod at the fly and/or fly line and follow it with the rod tip as it is pulled down stream. It will end up down stream from you and you can then strip it in all the way or part way. Then take two steps down stream and repeat the process.
I go ten casts then put on a new/different fly and go again and again working my way down river as far as I want to go. Don't expect to catch dozens of fish but do expect to catch the bigger ones in a given stretch of river. Oh and the tug is worth the work because when they hit a streamer they usually hit it HARD!
Now when the fly is swinging down stream you can and should twitch and pull on the fly line/rod to get the fly to behave a little differently on every cast until you find the retrieve action they want that day.
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Iit really just boils down to tossing it straight across the river from you. Point your rod at the fly and/or fly line and follow it with the rod tip as it is pulled down stream. It will end up down stream from you and you can then strip it in all the way or part way. Then take two steps down stream and repeat the process.
I go ten casts then put on a new/different fly and go again and again working my way down river as far as I want to go. Don't expect to catch dozens of fish but do expect to catch the bigger ones in a given stretch of river. Oh and the tug is worth the work because when they hit a streamer they usually hit it HARD!
Now when the fly is swinging down stream you can and should twitch and pull on the fly line/rod to get the fly to behave a little differently on every cast until you find the retrieve action they want that day.
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