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However, what about that quite publication position? What about those videos of nymph anglers with their arms high and prolonged, reaching the fishing pole out to optimal length? It’s ridiculous. It’s unneeded. And it will not last for long.
Reaching is an unsustainable body position at any age.
Reaching the arm takes power from the forward cast.
By keeping the elbow in a natural and unwinded position, our casting precision enhances.
Reaching while fishing dry flies restricts what can be made with aerial mends or things like the stop and drop. Simply put, reaching makes the dry fly angler one-dimensional.
Reaching while tight line nymphing removes the angler’s capability to tuck cast or to manage the entry angle. More leader arrive at the water. Which leader would be much better in the air, due to the fact that anything that touches the water ultimately drags.
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Fish hard, good friends.
Dom.
