![]() ![]() We now have low stretch lines that sink like a stone, we have the rods and reels to deal with big fish down deep. It means we can use this equipment to “sight” fish. These days we have the technology to fish deep, GPS and depth sounders give us a remarkable view of the substrate and everything in the water column with astonishing detail, at considerable depths. Many anglers look down on dredging, and it’s what most least like to do-that, “I only sight-fish with a dry fly old chap,” sort of thing. Good swingers are also very thoughtful about what they’re doing as they control angles, mends, drifts and weights through the water. Let’s face it, good steelheading or salmon fishing is mostly just dredging, yet it’s the acceptable way to fish for them. And there’s not a lot that’s simple about effective dredging. But fish aren’t always in the shallows or on the surface, and some species never come into shallow water let alone visit the surface-does this mean they aren’t a legitimate fly target, should we just completely ignore them? I think of everything that swims as a legitimate fly target and sometimes we need to go to extremes to engage with them. ![]() But it sure can get your arms stretched and your rod bent.Īll anglers like sight fishing. It’s not the favored tactic of many it’s thought to be artless and something that’s resorted to by those with no skill, or those who can’t see fish on the flats or make the required cast if they do. ![]() Dredging contains these same values.ĭredging refers to blindly fish flies deep on fast sinking lines. In his book, A Jerk on One End, art historian and keen fly angler, Robert Hughes, described the philosophical and psychological value of fishing as being akin to dropping a line of inquiry into the unconscious to see what monsters might be lurking there. ![]()
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