Streamer Fishing on Rivers
I'll grant you streamer fishing is far less delicate than casting
a size 18 olive paradun to rising fish. With a sink tip line and a
heavy streamer, your casting will have to be up to scratch. Occasionally
you will be required to perform a role cast, and with this tackle
set-up it's not elegant, but it is possible. Also, false casting is
not an option.
You're going to have to work on your casting skills. However, you'll
be amazed how quickly you can master casting heavy streamers, your
timing will quickly become second nature. You'll be able to accurately
probe many obscure lies as well as the obvious ones. As always, stay
relaxed yet focussed, because every now and again you'll have a pulse
racing moment when those first few strips produce a large bow wave
funnelling purposely towards your streamer - a split second later,
the rod butt jolts your hand.
Streamer fishing greatly widens the areas of the river you can search.
How for instance would you tackle a large wide deep pool, where, because
of topography, or permission, you can only fish from one bank? The
incoming current leads towards the far bank and the fish lie in that
deep steady water. These fish may rarely rise, they're content to
hang near the river bed and maybe grab the odd sculpin, minnow or
even a baby crayfish. So what do you do? With streamer fishing you
have the answer. This is an essential skill you will have to learn
if you want to explore the water fully.
Finally, use streamers sensibly and show consideration to fellow anglers.
You would quickly give yourself and streamer fishing a bad name if
you were to rake through a pool or run with rising fish ahead of someone
about to fish wets, dries or nymphs. There is a time and place for
everything. If there are rising fish, I certainly wouldn't be fishing
streamers - period!
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