I recently read an article on the Mega Fin Fishing blog about “Keeping a Smallmouth Streamer in the Strike Zone.” In my opinion, this article is the best description and explanation of a very complicated portion of catching and landing River small mouth bass! The topic they cover is very complicated and the main reason most folks can’t catch river smallmouth ….
The following is an excerpt with a link to the complete article below. I encourage you to give this a read. In it, is some valuable information that should help you to improve your fly fishing technique.
The problem usually isn’t the fly, and it isn’t the pattern. It’s that the fly spent almost none of its swing at the level of the fish. It sank toward the zone, passed through it for a moment, and then climbed back out as the line came tight. In current, keeping a streamer in the strike zone is a much shorter, more deliberate window than most anglers think, and a sink tip alone doesn’t buy it for you.
This is about that window: how to find it, how to lengthen it, and how to stop fishing over the top of fish that are right where you thought they were.”
Click here to read the complete article on the Mega Fin Fishing web site. It’s about an 8 minute read …
If you have any questions, please contact me at flyfishingwithjeff@gmail.com or leave a comment below this article.
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