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 Canada Fly Fishing: Mending Your Line
Posted by fliesandfinsnorth on Friday, December 01 @ 07:56:01 PST
The purpose of mending your line is to get the drift you need to get a fly in front of a Atlantic Salmon. The usual method that is suggested to people is to make your cast at a 45 degree angle, slightly upstream to allow time to mend, lift your fly line up and as easily as you can flip it up stream. This puts your line above your fly and lets your leader and fly drift past your target without the main line visible to the fish, hopefully. Just saying cast and mend upstream is is an understatement at best.
The above method works great on calm Sunny days in good level water, all these variables can change in minutes. The rain starts, wind howls, water rises and when you go to mend your line it hits you in the face. So you have to adjust your method of mending to fit this new situation. In wind drop your rod to a side cast and when your fly hits the water, lowering your rod tip, point to and trace the opposite shore. This is almost one movement. This offers lower resistance and allows the line to still be above the fly.
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