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In my case it's because I can't lay the blasted fly down properly as
much of the time as I'd like. The whole line tends to flail the water
instead of settling gently and then the tippet dropping the little
thing in place like a naturally falling bug. Distance where I fish is
of little importance. 30 feet is fine with me (and wider than some
parts of some of the streams I fish.). Putting the fly down right

Charles Ritz emphasizes we should not
cast at the water but at a point a yard above
the water: so that after forward motion
stops line and leader both fall gently.
Have you tried this?

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)