We'd all be just as happy making quartering upstream casts across unbroken currents and setting the hook with a semi-straight fly line. But sometimes complicated flows and difficult approaches make it impossible to achieve drag-free drifts. That's where the downstream presentation shines. This week on "Fine Lines" Phil Monahan tells us how to use the downstream drift effectively -- why a slack-line cast makes it possible, and what to be ready for when a trout takes your fly.
The Perfect Downstream Drift
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This page contains a single entry by Marshall Cutchin published on August 18, 2009 7:57 AM.
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