A long name for this post, but a fairly short post today. Today I will be dealing with the presentation of a fly on the slower moving bodies of water, and the tips and tricks you can use to catch more fish with this method.
If this article isn’t quite what your looking for you can always go the the available links below and learn a whole lot more about fly fishing. These sites contain a whole lot of information on how to fly fish… And yes, some are E-books and cost money, but I assure you they are worth the money.
Fly Fishing for Beginners
Fly Fishing Guide Book
Fly Fishing From Scratch
Anyways… When it comes to fishing the slower waters on well established, slow moving rivers and lakes there are only a couple of tips that I can offer you, simply because these waters differ from one another so greatly.
The first tip I have is finding out croppings and vegetation were the fish will most likely be. Most fish will hold to some type of cover, weather it be a rocky point, or thick vegetation. They will do this for several reasons, to hide, to hunt, etc., but they also will venture out of that comfort zone for food. They never move to far away from these covers though, so find them and fish them.
Once you find these areas you need to get your fly placement at the level in which the fish are feeding. This can vary greatly, and the only way to figure it out is by testing with the different levels. The easiest way to discover were their feeding is if you see them jumping. That would be top water, and fish accordingly. However, if their not rising, then you need to go down with a wet fly. Experiment with different depths by moving your indicator up and down if you are using one, or if you are stripping line, let your fly sit for different periods of time before stripping it in.
If you are using an indicator, let the fly sit. No movement is necessary when fishing this way on slow moving waters. The small, choppy waves will bounce your fly up and down, and attract fish far better than any other method.
I hope this post was helpful to you, but if you still need something more try these sites. They offer free information, and if you decide to go for the e-books, they offer a far more extensive breakdown of the things I’m talking about here, with a lot more tips for catching big fish.
Fly Fishing for Beginners
Fly Fishing Guide Book
Fly Fishing From Scratch
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