FISH DEPTH

[macrickster]

Hello there all
Can anyone give me any advice on finding the depth the fish are at.And is it the same method u use on a Inter-m line and sinker, very grateful for any help its mostly Stillwater fishing i do. Thanks again
Macrickster (Ricky)

[Clydesider]

Cast, count, retrieve.

If you don't hit fish, count longer on next cast. Continue until you hit fish or the bottom. If you get all the way to the bottom without a touch, change flies, retrieve or location.

This isn't really a casting question, however.

[macrickster]

Clydesider, Thanks for reply and info. When do u start counting. Is it when the line breaks through the water and disappears or when line lands on the water Tightlines Ricky

PS (Sorry for post being in wrong place)

[oldessox]

It dosn't matter when you start counting , as long as you start at the same time each cast and count at the same speed.

[macrickster]

Thanks again lads, Really grateful for the info.Could u answer me another question i have problems with. It may sound stupid, When do u know when ur at bottom of the water
Thanks again Tightlines Macrickster (Ricky)

[dunc85]

When you start snagging on the bottom, or hooking debris.

[northdeeps]

I wonder how many times were told this and tend to ignore it, but the best way of "covering" water is to cover the water nearest you first then work away from yourself - especially when using sinkers. I'm never surprised by the amount of anglers that step forward, chuck out thirty yards , count down and start their retrieve. What they forget is that when it sinks, the water above their flies isn't being fished.

What you should do - or at least what I do - is to think of the water in front of you in terms of a cross section and fish a grid system.

Let's say you can cast thirty yards and the water is an even nine feet deep - that's an area of ninety square yards (thirty by three yards) in the vertical plane of fishable water. Cast out thirty yards and allow your flies to sink to three feet and assuming you can keep your flies on an even keel, you've just missed out on a big chunk of the water available to you that might well contain fish, That's the thirty by one (thirty square yards) area of water above your flies; or put another way one third of the water available to you! Let them sink to six feet and it amounts to two thirds. However, the reality is that once your flies and line starts to sink, retrieving doesn't halt the process and they all continue to sink, so as you retrieve you're loosing more and more fishable water with every inch of retrieve.

Start by counting down in the first ten yards and cover the water from top to bottom, or vice versa. Do the same at twenty yards and then thirty, you'll be surprised how much more fish see your flies.

northdeeps