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Casting Tip
Your ruler. Here's a little tip I find very useful in general
sight fishing but particularly when casting to fish close to
willows, over hanging grass etc.
I find I can cast time and time again to the same fish,
missing willows by centimeters, by having the line land at
exactly the right length. Here's how you do it.
Simply, your line hand is your ruler, by maintaining a firm
grip of the line in the one spot, you'll know with each
subsequent cast the line will only go a certain distance. It
may fall back closer to you or the leader may not fully
extend, but if there's a willow 5 cms beyond your fly
you'll never hook it - as long as you maintain your
grip in the same place. If your first cast is a little long
strip in as the fly drifts back, as the line reaches the right
length grip the line in that spot and the next cast will be
the right length. Even when you need to strip quite a bit of
line, you can still keep a grip at that same spot, use your
other fingers for stripping, then when you shoot the line out
again you'll have exactly the right length
Ok you can take this one step further, if the fish doesn't
take your fly, as soon as it's safely behind the fish, pick it
up smoothly off the water, then without a false cast, (or a
maximum of one) put it right back down again. With a bit of
practice you can accurately show the fish your fly many many
times very quickly. You'll find it's much easier to pick up
the line early like this rather than later when it's at your
feet.
Issues
I have to get this one out.
There's been so much written over recent years concerning the
use of water in the Canterbury area. Well consider this: The
Ashburton Council runs a stock water system that takes close
to 5 cubic meters a second year round from the Ashburton river
system. It's transferred via open stock water races. The stock
drink only 2% of that water!! with the rest evaporating or
being lost to the ground. Ecan (Environment Canterbury) want
them to change this to a piped scheme or other, which would
save a considerable amount of that water allowing it to be
returned to the river. Despite the obvious concern throughout
the community the Ashburton Council is pressing ahead to keep
these stock water races. This has to be one of the worst
examples of wasting a resource, and the resulting degrading of
a river system in the country. Quite shocking really
Links and Guide Listings.
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directory for anyone interested in swapping links and also
have just added a
Guides Directory for guides to list their details and
fishermen to find guides.
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Merry Xmas
Steve Gerard
Flyshop NZ
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