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TwmsJr,

Thank you for the kind words. Let me be the first from Tennessee to welcome you to the best fly fishing site on the Internet. I will look forward to your posts.

WELCOME TO FAOL.....

Jeff,

I had never thought about using my technique with soft hackles and I love swinging soft hackles! Thanks for posting that and sharing. I will try the upstream drift with soft hackles and...

Bob O,

Thanks for providing another "wrinkle" to "no indicator" fishing. I find it a very interesting method and worth consideration.

By the way, WELCOME to FAOL from Tennessee. I will look...

Bruce,

Thanks for bringing that up. Yes, on the upstream mend, I will hold my rod up to compensate for the slack I have thrown in the line. Once the fly has drifted down to infront of me, I will...

Bob,

Good to see a post from you and hope all is well with you and your family.

Bob and I have had some great times fishing when he has made the trip here to fish. He is the type of person you...

randyflycaster,

Just had another thought on your question which may or may not explain the "how and why" I fish the way I do. I do not just cast the fly out there and hope to catch a fish. I...

randyflycaster,

Yes, upstream mends will add slack to the leader and that is why I stated that on the upstream drift you may only "see" the strike and not feel it. The purpose of the upstream...

Thanks for the kind words, Bruce. The mending is a very important part of this technique. Without mending, your fly is not drifting down close to the bottom and you will be fishing above the fish....

One thing I did not mention is how the furled leader I use helps with nymph fishing without an indicator. I have made many furled leaders since purchasing Kathy Scott's furled leader DVD and have...

Parnelli,

A "well done" coming from you means alot to me! Thank you....

What I described is the way I fish 99% of the time and enjoy every second of it and I hope others give it a try.