On Mar 26, 10:38*pm, Todd wrote:


Hi Giles,

Hi Todd,

At the end of my drift, my line is kind of far away from
me.

Well, the bit that's attached to the leader might be.....I wouldn't
know. But the part that's attached to the reel should be pretty
close. Otherwise you're never going to catch any fish at all.

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.

Hm.....

O.k., then I'd suggest that you pull it across the current and pull it
back along the shore a ways before shotting it back out in front
(front side -- never directly in front) of you in the rapids.

The longer the line stays in the water the better.

Two minutes? Six days?

An, yes, I would not have lost my fly yesterday,
if I had just picked it up and shot it back out.

Nothing that happened to you yesterday (or at any other time, for that
matter) as a result of something you did would likely have
happened.....or, at least not in just that way and at that precise
time.....if you had done something else.

Madness lies down that path. But then that's less consequential for
some folks than for others,

(Note to fish with my fly in his lip: I know
where you live and what you eat!)

-T

You've got a real peculiar way about you, Todd. I like that. It's
refreshing.....in small and infrequent doses.

g.