for me
and `my tactics' it's key to make sure the fly is keeled in the water properly,,,i just can't get over how when i tie a `pattern' on one type hook the fly rolls over and on another hook,it stays upright under tension,although smaller patterns are the norm here midriver and bigger stuff on the bottom upriver,but that's another thread,,and i have a regimen i go thru with the fly after i get it wet,;i then prep the hook by bending the barb(s)-most always a double hook- halfway down,then with my hemos i clamp down on the back of the shank and bend the hook it results in outward points,then use a stone to debarb the points,also checking the knot again,, then once a again holding the fly in the current to see if it rolls over or stays upright under tension,long story for sure but,`works for me' would be my best way of describing it,it's not chuck and chance,,,,shotgunningthe water for a suicidal idiot :tsk_tsk: ,,i'm with peter on having a spot that you can't move from though,couple spots i fish are that way,,,at least a couple,,,hmm `suicidal idiot',,,maybe a bass fishing deal would work,,yes! `two-handing the black bass',,,with double steelhead flies,,no!,,,,
