04-26-2020, 08:46 PM
Quote:SunsetBengal
I totally get what you're saying. However, most of the streams that we fish are small, and difficult to even get the fly to cast effectively. Don't get me wrong, there are a few rivers that we fish where I could effectively fly cast. I just need to dedicate the time to learning the art. When I'm worm fishing for trout, I'm active, in the stream, and frequently moving as well. No bobbers for me. I like to drag the holes in the bends, fish the ripples, etc. It's fun catching my limit of average size trout by lunch time, but it's time to move up to getting the trophy looking ones.
You already know how to work the current, eddies, ripple runouts, etc then and that is literally half the battle or more. I usually ditch the cast on small streams and just flip it. I use a technique call high sticking a lot, and really only ever have a small amount of line out. Roll casting, and just flipping sideways upstream, at least until you really find a place to make a back cast. I havent looked, but I bet there are some good vids out there for roll casting and even high stick drifting, but dont let the high sticker guys fool you into buying a 50' long high stick rod lol. Any rod will do, and even a walmart rod will catch fish. I have $1000 fly rods laying around all over my house, but my go to is a $150 Orvis clearwater. Love that little thing. I find a 7' 4weight rod will fish a lot of trout streams in the east, if not all of them. Out west Ill go bigger, and some streams I'll go super small, but a 7ft 4wt will cover a lot of eastern trout streams
You'll catch bigger wilder fish for sure. They eat bugs more than anything in the wild!
