05-27-2015, 02:18 PM
[quote Jonthecook]
One thing i noticed is that i couldn't keep my fly floating for very long.
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Welcome to the addiction Jon.
In my experience, a lot of folks new to fly fishing tend to have too much line out which presents a problem with drag. Especially with dries, stream hydraulics dictate that the line will form a "belly" and pull the line downstream, drowning a floating fly.
The key to any dead drift presentation is mending the line to battle against drag. This is effectively lobbing a countering belly of line upstream to prolong the drift, unaffected. Specific water conditions dictate how much, and how many mends are required.
For me this was the hardest part to wrap my brain around when I first started fly fish... "What to do with all this line on the water?" You'll pick it up pretty quick with practice.
FWIW - I fish a lot of dry flies and don't use any floatant... no problems.
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One thing i noticed is that i couldn't keep my fly floating for very long.
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Welcome to the addiction Jon.
In my experience, a lot of folks new to fly fishing tend to have too much line out which presents a problem with drag. Especially with dries, stream hydraulics dictate that the line will form a "belly" and pull the line downstream, drowning a floating fly.
The key to any dead drift presentation is mending the line to battle against drag. This is effectively lobbing a countering belly of line upstream to prolong the drift, unaffected. Specific water conditions dictate how much, and how many mends are required.
For me this was the hardest part to wrap my brain around when I first started fly fish... "What to do with all this line on the water?" You'll pick it up pretty quick with practice.
FWIW - I fish a lot of dry flies and don't use any floatant... no problems.
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