Well, there seems to be a lot of interest in the speedsters arrival. How about a little tactic talk. How do you target them from shore, lines, flies, retrieve technique? How about from the boat? Run and gun, set up drifts? What lines etc...
I personally made some changes in how I approached them last season as I got more experience. Little things included a modified run and gun where you get within a few hundred yards at speed but then ease into them (less than 1200 rpm). Big thing is to head straight in to within range but then give the wheel a hard turn as you ease off the throttle so the angler can keep a tight line and leave the fly in the zone longer. I also found that shutting the motor off actually put the fish down more as they didn't seem to like the abrupt change. Not sure if my 4 stroke made a difference there but the few times I was on them with a noisier two stroke seemed to be harder to get in range. I also found that it was almost easier to get on them when there was more boat traffic. They seemed to get used to the noise and not react as much to the boat. Similar tactics were applied to the Albies but I personally think they tend to get into more of a predicable patttern in heavy current and blind casting on the drift can be very effective. Although in my opinion not as much fun as the visual take of busting fish. Floaters got more use as I was able to reposition long lengths of line to get the fly back in the mix.
How about you? What worked what didn't?
Sean
I personally made some changes in how I approached them last season as I got more experience. Little things included a modified run and gun where you get within a few hundred yards at speed but then ease into them (less than 1200 rpm). Big thing is to head straight in to within range but then give the wheel a hard turn as you ease off the throttle so the angler can keep a tight line and leave the fly in the zone longer. I also found that shutting the motor off actually put the fish down more as they didn't seem to like the abrupt change. Not sure if my 4 stroke made a difference there but the few times I was on them with a noisier two stroke seemed to be harder to get in range. I also found that it was almost easier to get on them when there was more boat traffic. They seemed to get used to the noise and not react as much to the boat. Similar tactics were applied to the Albies but I personally think they tend to get into more of a predicable patttern in heavy current and blind casting on the drift can be very effective. Although in my opinion not as much fun as the visual take of busting fish. Floaters got more use as I was able to reposition long lengths of line to get the fly back in the mix.
How about you? What worked what didn't?
Sean