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Oct 2018 - Tips - Daily fishing and tying tips

Downstream fishing

We are schooled on "upstream fishing", but how many are fishing downstream? To enjoy your fishing more, learn how to fish downstream as well. Downstream nymphing, with one and two nymphs. Weighted and unweighted. Downstream dry fly. Make sure you can cast and drift your dry flies without drag, downstream. Downstream streamers. Ensure that you can swim them broadside and straight down. Downstream wet flies. Practice on how to make them swim perfect for slow rivers, fast rivers.

Windy days and dry flies

We all love the advantage of long tippets when it comes to dry fly fishing, as it gives you beautiful gentle presentations and long drag free drifts. But when the wind is coming downstream, that same leader and long tippet setup is a nightmare. The wind will blow your dry fly downstream and it might land below your fly line. Just shorten your tippet! Sometimes it might only require 30 centimeters or a foot, other times 50 or a couple of feet, and it could even be that you have to cut it down more.