No, both streamer and nymph fishing are good this way. You can also strip the retrive back from what ever point you wish on the cast for fishing streamers.
But use a short leader or a weighted fly to get down. On Saturday 02 March 2002 10:55 am, you wrote: > So from this I assume you use it primarily (if not exclusivly) for streamer > fishing. Are there any nymphing applications? > > > In a message dated 3/2/02 10:43:36 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << To fish a sink tip in a river, I use a leader that is 3 to 5 feet long > in > > order to allow the line to sink the fly, a fly will rise up on too long a > > leader. Then I cast across the stream or slightly upstream, and mend my > line > > upstream almost immediately, so the fly and line will sink, much like a > dead > > drift. I am not concerned about fish taking my fly now. > > > When the fly starts to come across the river, it will rise from the level > it > > has sunken to, exciting the fish that may be following. Most strikes occur > > then. >> -- Rob Blomquist Kirkland, WA
