A good drift is essential to catch fish on the Truckee River. If you have drag on your flies you're just not going to catch fish. Most beginners have a hard time with this. Mending line is essential. The rods and fly lines you use play into this. A good clean fly line is crucial, as well as at least a 9ft rod. Leave your East Coast stick at home. I like using Switch rods and the Sage 99 series rod for nymphing the Truckee River. The extra length helps you lift line off the water when nymphing. If you have a regular 9ft rod, up line it one size, it will help load your rod better. Your not fishing from a drift boat on the Truckee. Even if you are with a guide you are the one, not me, that has to present your flies to the fish. Sometimes that's hard on a river like the Truckee. Anthony from San Carlos talked about that with me today. How drift boat fishing and wade fishing are two separate creatures, with wade fishing being much harder. Anthony is a fine angler and we had some fine fishing today with Crayfish, and Caddis Pupa.
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Matt, I also think that most people today are fishing with faster rods, which helps your casting by making it easier to load the rod, however I believe it makes it harder to mend. That is why I prefer more of a medium action rod and I up the line weight too. Up here in Montana (Big Wind Country) that extra weight in the line helps push the line threw the wind. In a drift boat the guy on the sticks can help your drift and reducing the need to mend by either speeding the boat up or slowing it down. Also, I think you need to consider that you can drink more beer in a drift boat which could affect your fishing abilities
That's so true. When you are wade fishing sometimes you are limited on how many beers you can bring, thus effecting your over all efectiveness.
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