12-05-2012, 12:16 AM
Thanks for posting the newest installments.
I had a couple of free hours today and gave high sticking a try up on the Lower Provo. I got rained out after about an hour but I think I got the hang of the drift without too much difficulty. A couple of questions however.
1. I found as I lifted the rod tip to tighten the line, it shortened the overall drift length/distance. I presume that was normal?
2. I initially used size 18 bead head copper johns and hares ears with no additional weight. I didn't feel I was getting it to the bottom. I then put on a tiny split shot 6 inches or so above the fly. This seemed to work better and I got a couple of hits but I still wasn't sure that was ideal. I was using floating line on a tapered leader. The "weight" posting stated that bead head nymphs are not heavy enough by themselves to get the fly into the ideal strike zone. Would I need to switch to a sinking line, weighted putty, and only bigger tungsten flies?
3. Lastly, the "weight" posting says to put the weight 16 inches above the fly. If you add weight, is that how far away you put it when tight lining?
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I had a couple of free hours today and gave high sticking a try up on the Lower Provo. I got rained out after about an hour but I think I got the hang of the drift without too much difficulty. A couple of questions however.
1. I found as I lifted the rod tip to tighten the line, it shortened the overall drift length/distance. I presume that was normal?
2. I initially used size 18 bead head copper johns and hares ears with no additional weight. I didn't feel I was getting it to the bottom. I then put on a tiny split shot 6 inches or so above the fly. This seemed to work better and I got a couple of hits but I still wasn't sure that was ideal. I was using floating line on a tapered leader. The "weight" posting stated that bead head nymphs are not heavy enough by themselves to get the fly into the ideal strike zone. Would I need to switch to a sinking line, weighted putty, and only bigger tungsten flies?
3. Lastly, the "weight" posting says to put the weight 16 inches above the fly. If you add weight, is that how far away you put it when tight lining?
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