| Frank Faldo | | | | connection between the leader and fly line is |
| Good Fly Presentation | | | | important in presentation. The best way to do this is |
| | | | to nail-knot a six-inch piece of 25-30 pound leader |
| Also remember that the Evening Secret ( will swarm | | | | material to the end of the fly line. A loop like those |
| fish to your spot consistantly, and help you catch | | | | found on snelled hooks is then tied into the opposite |
| more fish. | | | | end. The connecting leader must also have a loop. |
| Never randomly cast - you have got to pick a spot | | | | Connecting the leader itself is done by passing the |
| and hit it. Throw tight loops that put the fly on | | | | loop attached to the fly line through the loop on the |
| target. One important method that can be used is to | | | | leader; reaching through the fly line loop. Next, grab |
| overcast the target and stop the line short while it is | | | | the butt section of the leader and pull the leader up |
| in the air. The fly should come back to you and fall | | | | through until the tippet passes the loop. Last, just pull |
| on the water with slack in the leader. | | | | the loops together by tugging on the fly line and the |
| The best trout fishermen fish with only 30 to 35 feet | | | | butt section in opposite directions. |
| of line, but make up for this with accurate casting. | | | | Strategy |
| They read waters will and put the fly in the p ay | | | | If you are every in a situation where see large |
| zone time after time. One of the most important | | | | brown trout in open water and hold, your best bet is |
| thins they do is to recognize that presentation and | | | | to use a No. 12 Cinnamon Ant and sink it. If this |
| approach are much more important than pattern. | | | | doesn't work, move to the No.16 Adams fly. Still |
| It is different for bass. Whether a surface bug or a | | | | nothing? Switch to the No. 20 Black Ant. Last-ditch |
| streamer, the offering must move past a spot | | | | effort would be to use a 3X tippet and use a No. 6 |
| where a bass is apt to hold. As the boat drifts, it is | | | | nymph or streamer. |
| important to pick a precise time to shoot a cast to | | | | Typically the bigger trout will leave small morsels to |
| the target. Too soon or too late, and the fly won't | | | | the small guys, preferring the bigger bites that are |
| be in the right spot. This is where the double haul | | | | easy to get. They are very economical feeders. |
| form of casting becomes essential. It generates line | | | | High Rider Dry Fly's |
| speed and enables the caster to pick 30 or 40 feet | | | | If your best dry-fly patterns are failing you, it may |
| of line off the water and shoot another without false | | | | be time to switch to spiders and variants. Many times |
| casting. | | | | a spider or variant will bring trout to the surface, then |
| When bassing, make your presentation, retrieve 10 | | | | you can switch back to a conventional dry fly. |
| to 20 feet, pick up, and cast again without the need | | | | These spiders and variants will delicately drop to the |
| to false cast. After each one, drop the rod type and | | | | water, usually somersaulting or jumping after touching |
| keep the butt of the rod near your belt buckle with | | | | it. Fish find this very alluring. |
| the tip-top of the rod pointing at the line. A simple lift | | | | High riding is another attribute of these flies. When |
| will let you execute the next pickup or strike a fish. | | | | tied properly, their hackles support the hook above |
| Leader Connection | | | | the water's surface, thus imitating a natural fly much |
| If you are a fly caster, you know that a smooth | | | | more closely than the ordinary fly does. |