10-11-2008, 09:17 PM
Getting a good drift on a small stream can be difficult because :
The drift is short.
Slower and faster water are right next to it.
Slower and faster ware are right above or below the drift.
Then there are all those rocks.
But the rocks and gravel can be your friend.
When currents around where your want to float your fly will limit or make a drag free drift impossible then rocks and gravel can help you by keeping your line off the water so that you minimize what is laying on the water. You can drag the line backwards over the rocks towards you as the fly drifts down stream towards you. The same can also be true, on occasion, with the gravel edges.
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The drift is short.
Slower and faster water are right next to it.
Slower and faster ware are right above or below the drift.
Then there are all those rocks.
But the rocks and gravel can be your friend.
When currents around where your want to float your fly will limit or make a drag free drift impossible then rocks and gravel can help you by keeping your line off the water so that you minimize what is laying on the water. You can drag the line backwards over the rocks towards you as the fly drifts down stream towards you. The same can also be true, on occasion, with the gravel edges.
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