Among the very best aspects of summertime fishing is that you can typically toss dry flies all day. As you work a stretch of river, you might alternate in between casting upstream, to cover the head of a swimming pool, to casting downstream, to wander your fly through much deeper water or the tailout.
In this video, Joe Rotter from Red’s Fly Shop shows the distinctions in between an upstream discussion, in which you require to begin instantly using up slack by removing line, and a downstream discussion, in which you require to include slack to enable the fly to wander away from you. It’s a subtle idea, however one that will make all the distinction in your capability to accomplish a dead drift in both instructions. I like the method he includes the concept of strolling downstream a bit to extend the drift.
