OK. So
I was familiar with the actual technique... to say the least. I recently
subscribed to a Scottish fly-fishing magazine (Fly-Fishing and Fly-Tying)... and
they have written about this technique a FEW times.
I got
a little confused though, when I tried to figure out for myself what this
term meant. If I had looked at it with "washing line" as a THING, it might have
been easier. But I was stuck with "washing THE line"... and since that is
something I use CLEAN water to do when I get HOME from the fishing, I
couldn't understand how I could incorporate the actual fishing in the same
procedure.
(BTW,
the magazine I mentioned is one that I highly recommend!)
/Nick
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�mne: Re: [VFB] Booby query no:2
On 8-okt-04, at 1:03, Niclas Runarsson wrote:
So, to the question. I read, just now, some booby tips and techniques and something called "Washing the line technique". I've never heard of it. Maybe it's an English term for something I already know... maybe it's not and it's something completely new.Washing line technique, where you have a floating fly on the end of the leader (as opposed to a bob fly on the top dropper) and two or three slowly sinking, unweighted nymphs as droppers above that, usually buzzers. When the leader is more or less taut, you have a situation with the droppers hanging from a leader suspended in the surface, resembling a washing line with socks on. A relatively recent British stillwater technique, at least as a named technique...
Henk
