Northwest Reel Life April 2023 Volume 2 Issue 8 - Flipbook - Page 34
For now, you just need to
focus on making a cast so
that your fly looks right to
the fish. Ultimately, that is
the most important part of
the equation. Casting your fly
with it splashing the water
upon impact has the same
impact as the brute squad
knocking your front door
down with a battering ram. If
that happened at your house,
you probably aren’t gonna
want to hangout, hold hands,
and sing kumbaya. Try to be
soft on approach. A live insect
doesn't even weigh fraction
of an ounce. No way it can
make a giant splash when
it hits the water. Your fly
shouldn’t either.
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Lastly, in regards to
presentation, there is this
thing you need to learn called
“drag free drift.” Yeah, I know,
another catch phrase. This
one is tolerable though only
because it carries weight
with it. Obtaining a drag free
drift absolutely ensures that
your presentation looks as
good as it can possibly look
to the fish. It’s imperative to
seducing a fish to eat your
fly. What is this drag free
drift, you say, and how do I
obtain it? The drag free drift
is achieved by manipulating
the fly line with upstream or
downstream in order to make
the fly travel at the same
speed at the river current
on the surface where the
fly is positioned. Great. Now
here it is in layman terms,
you are going to cast your fly
and there will be a V-wake
coming off of it. V-wake is
bad. V-wake tells the fish that
your fly presentation does
not look right, therefore, the
fish does not eat your fly. This
is, of course, not what we are
trying to accomplish at all.
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