11-11-2012, 05:00 PM
Listen to FG.
When stillwater fishing in a ‘toon, I put the pole tip in the water and angle the rod so it is the same as the sinking fly line – I want the straightest line from the reel to the fly with as little interaction with the guides as possible. Sometimes I end up holding the reel almost to my ear with my tip a number of inches under water. I can feel the lightest hits, and as said by FG, I’ll twitch the line forward to entice a take and then lift the tip for the strike.
My hook ups have substantially increased using FG’s method.
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When stillwater fishing in a ‘toon, I put the pole tip in the water and angle the rod so it is the same as the sinking fly line – I want the straightest line from the reel to the fly with as little interaction with the guides as possible. Sometimes I end up holding the reel almost to my ear with my tip a number of inches under water. I can feel the lightest hits, and as said by FG, I’ll twitch the line forward to entice a take and then lift the tip for the strike.
My hook ups have substantially increased using FG’s method.
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