08-06-2012, 03:03 AM
Fishing streamers is a real art. Even more then dry flies in my opinion. The way you fish a streamer mostly depends what water type you are fishing.
If I am fishing a deep riffle I will just put 2 or 3 split shot directly above the streamer, the cast up and across stream. Lock your rod at a forty five degree angle to the current and strip it in as your line swings across the current. Cast 3 or 4 times then step down stream and repeat. The idea is to get the streamer to look like a scared or injured bait fish.
If fishing in a big slow deep hole I put on a sink tip. Orvis has some good ones to choose from. Start at the top of the hole where the current drops in. Cast down stream or down and across. Let the fly sink then slowly strip it back to you. Again cast 3-4 times then step down stream and repeat the process.
I usually fish streamers early in the morning as the sun comes up, or in the evening as the light goes off the water. Seems like low light brings the bigger fish out.
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If I am fishing a deep riffle I will just put 2 or 3 split shot directly above the streamer, the cast up and across stream. Lock your rod at a forty five degree angle to the current and strip it in as your line swings across the current. Cast 3 or 4 times then step down stream and repeat. The idea is to get the streamer to look like a scared or injured bait fish.
If fishing in a big slow deep hole I put on a sink tip. Orvis has some good ones to choose from. Start at the top of the hole where the current drops in. Cast down stream or down and across. Let the fly sink then slowly strip it back to you. Again cast 3-4 times then step down stream and repeat the process.
I usually fish streamers early in the morning as the sun comes up, or in the evening as the light goes off the water. Seems like low light brings the bigger fish out.
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