In article , Ken
Fortenberry wrote:

Well, guilt aside ;-), in those Smokies headwaters I fish with
a little bamboo rod the best characteristic a fly can have is
to be a good high floater.

Same with the small streams on Exmoor and Donegal where I fish. One of
the reasons I like a long rod (though a light one - Sage 3/8'9"?) for
these streams is to be able easily to whip the fly up and lay it down
again on bubbly rocky water.

Six or twelve inch drifts before the fly a) gets dragged or b) sinks.
Whup it up and lay it down again.

Lazarus

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