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Steelhead Tactics: Cast, THEN Step
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August 20, 2010
Steelhead Tactics: Cast, THEN Step
By Tim Romano
Tradition dictates that when swinging flies for steelhead you make your cast, swing the fly into shore, and take a step or two down river. Repeat 10,000 times until you hook a fish or have to go to the bank and warm your hands by the fire. Michael White and Deneki Outdoors have a different take on it. -- TR
From Deneki's weekly news letter:
"The basic idea – rather than stepping downriver after your swing has completed and before your next cast, try stepping after you cast, before the fly starts swinging. Here’s why stepping after your cast might be a good idea.
1. It prevents you from mending your fly back ‘out of the zone’.
2. It gives your fly time to sink before it starts swinging.
3. It allows to you control where your fly is ultimately going to go once it starts swinging."
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Comments (7)
And there is my soft hackle swing..same thing. Fish a big, broad riffle, or run, and the advantage of picking line up, laying it down, and then picking it back up and throwing 50ft. casts can be quit an advantage. Spey casting the long, two handers also becomes very efficient, and you can apply the spey techniques to the one handed rods.
Don't confuse us simple minded swingers.....too much for my brain to handle.
Johnnyras, Slowdown, take it one step at a time.
I stand still, anything more than that and I'll end up caught, tangled, and in the drink!
Thanks for the tips!
Best Regards,
Albert A Rasch™
The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles: A Chronicles' Project: Washing your Sleeping Bag
Albert, There is something to that. When you step, especially out as deep as that guy is fishing, you should be focused on your step, and not what your line is doing.
So much for a "good anchor point." That has been the tradition of my swing since...forever.
"When deep, watch out for the leg sweep."
You got it count...and cast out, turn and step down as your line fishes downriver, and it is impressive how much more pressure is applied to your body when turned down against the current rather than standing sideways when standing out in the kinda water that guy is wading in.
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Albert, There is something to that. When you step, especially out as deep as that guy is fishing, you should be focused on your step, and not what your line is doing.
And there is my soft hackle swing..same thing. Fish a big, broad riffle, or run, and the advantage of picking line up, laying it down, and then picking it back up and throwing 50ft. casts can be quit an advantage. Spey casting the long, two handers also becomes very efficient, and you can apply the spey techniques to the one handed rods.
Don't confuse us simple minded swingers.....too much for my brain to handle.
Johnnyras, Slowdown, take it one step at a time.
I stand still, anything more than that and I'll end up caught, tangled, and in the drink!
Thanks for the tips!
Best Regards,
Albert A Rasch™
The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles: A Chronicles' Project: Washing your Sleeping Bag
So much for a "good anchor point." That has been the tradition of my swing since...forever.
"When deep, watch out for the leg sweep."
You got it count...and cast out, turn and step down as your line fishes downriver, and it is impressive how much more pressure is applied to your body when turned down against the current rather than standing sideways when standing out in the kinda water that guy is wading in.
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