Previously we discussed how to fish deeply with a floating line using streamers with a “sweeping a streamer” technique. This is very effective in pools out to about 30 feet. However, today let’s look at the method I use when I want to fish my streamers further out in large streams for the large trout at this time of the year.
In order to cover the deep water in the whole pool effectively I use a Teeny 200 fly line in which the first 24 feet of the line sinks quickly at 5.5 inches per second. My favorite tactic with this line is to wade into the stream just below the riffle and make a 30 foot cast across stream. After my streamer sinks deeply I swim it back across the stream bottom by stripping it six inches every ten seconds. Successive casts are made ten feet longer until I’m casting as far as comfortable. Then I wade down the side of the pool pausing every ten feet to repeat the same tactics. Often I’ll cover the whole pool this way until I start hanging up in the tail of the pool. Very effective streamers for large trout with this method are the Shenk’s Sculpin size 6 and 8 and Murray’s Black Madtom Sculpin size 6 and 8.
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