Fly Fishing Rutland Water : Beware of Low Flying Ducks! (15-03-22) 4K 

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A method that works for me before my first session of the season. Take a couple of rods to a grassy area ideally damp grass. Set up the rods with reel and line possibly a leader no fly. Empty the spool to the start of the backing plus about ten yards of backing, and extend the line as straight as possible. Pick up the rod step back about ten feet. Then slowly under tension retrieve the line back onto the spool this should help both with removing line twist and easing line memory. Another use of the line in the grass that will show how darn old I am, is when noticing a hatch of daddies on the bank if the light wind is behind you. Take out a spare reel unspool the line and backing and form a large speech bubble shape in the grass behind you. Then slowly draw the loop of line towards you any daddies in that grass will takeoff and probably land on the water in front of you. I often used two connected spools of washing line to do this in the north of England. Scottish and Welsh waters. Back in the eighty’s and nineties.

Welcome back John. Nice glimpse into the dark arts of drogues

Hi John, thanks for sharing your adventures on Rutland, I've noticed that sometimes you have a problem with line twist, a tip that will solve this, is when you are heading out to fish an area, slowly feed the whole line out the stern of the boat and let the water straighten your line for you. I hope this helps, Tight lines in the season ahead, I'll be watching. 🤣

Delivery on the back cast is called the Barnegat Bay cast. It is really useful, opens up bank areas you (and other right handers) might not otherwise fish. A bit of practice helps a lot, well worth the effort.

great video,at least you didnt have ducks pecking at your tophat buzzers,i was there thinking if he swallows that im in big s**t

Tough times John! I did 1st day ... blanked.. very different from last season . Keep at em john ! You gave us some good advice last season mate.