On 03/26/2010 08:11 PM, Giles wrote:

The short answer: Pick it up and cast again.

The longer answer: "Steady or bursts" means.....what? "Fast or slow"
who and/or what? In any case, at the end of a drift, if there is no
fish on the line, you pick it up and cast again.

giles

Hi Giles,

At the end of my drift, my line is kind of far away from
me. I like to pull it across the current (I get a lot
of hits in the summer doing that) and pull it back along
the shore a ways before I shot it back out in front
(front side -- never directly in front) of me in the
rapids.

The longer the line stays in the water the better.

An, yes, I would not have lost my fly yesterday,
if I had just picked it up and shot it back out.
(Note to fish with my fly in his lip: I know
where you live and what you eat!)

-T