George Cleveland wrote:

Why do you have four feet of slack? You might want to practice doing
various mends and reach casts.

The cast hits in the middle of a spring runoff rapid.
I am trying to get the fly and split shot down under
this water column to the slow water and feeding lies
underneath this extremely fast column of water.
(This all goes away when the runoff ends in about
a month.)

If I put any tension on the line, the line and fly
acts like a sail. Think of a water skier behind a
power boat. I hate to add more weight (slip shots)
but I think I just may have to.

stunt your development as an angler by using ethically
questionable props

I am trying as much as possible to get away from
bait. Flies are great fun to fish with!

-T