On 2008-05-07, rw wrote:

Are you using an indicator? If so, try to mend without moving the indicator.

Not at this point. but I can usually see the end of my green line.

Fish the current along a seam (the boundary between the faster current
and the slower water).

Oh, I'm definitely fishing a seam. I have no waders and so my fishing range
is limited. But, I have a small beach right across from my place and a big
rock (car sized at river's edge) that breaks up the flow past the beach so
there's a seam about 5-10 yds out that is between sluggish and 5 ft deep
fast running. I fish it high, I fish it low. I fish it at the rock and
below (40 yds down). I fish it fast, I fish it slow. It's such a great
seam, I can pick just about any spot for any flow combo including drifting
an eddy back into the rock. Great mending practice, but no fish.

I'm not discouraged. I've seen and talked to people packing enough gear to
open an Orvis shop. I can watch 'em from my front window with my 10x50
Steiners, then mug 'em when they cross back over the access bridge. I've
talked to local guides scouting my section. None of 'em are catching much
of anything, right now.

nb