![]() He was big on small flies, as most in the know are these days. He harped on the fact that once you get the fly in their face, don’t be overly aggressive and strip it out of there. ![]() Laid Up Fish and Feeding and Hooking the Animal: Nothing too much here other than what you see in the outline, like use current or wind to help you present the fly. They aren’t feeding fish, just having target practice. He sees guys cast at the fish, and immediately start stripping, stripping, stripping (long, fast). ![]() He was even anglers he sees as he is riding down the ocean side past other boats. So, by getting the fly way out in front, quickly sliding the fly into position (clean, swift moves), there is no line slap on the water (cast was done well ahead of them), no visual on the flyline(long leader/ghost tip), the fly all of a sudden appears there in their strike zone, THEN you begin to “work it” (depending on the speed of the fish, etc). If it is RIGHT THERE off of their upper lip, they can’t help but to have their natural instincts take over and they will strike it. As you know, ocean will aren’t too interested in changing their paths, and will not “go after” a fly. What Andy is basically saying (I think) is that he does not want to toss the fly at the fish, and then just begin working (stripping) it, thinking that the fish is going to turn on it. But then I backed up and began thinking about ocean fish. At first I was trying to read too much into it. It certainly wasn’t absolutely clear the way he was describing it. Instead of “stripping” the fly into place, he talked more about “sliding” the fly (quickly) into where the strike zone will be (using a rod sweeping technique), and THEN begin to “work” the fly and entice the bite. What he does is cast well in front of them, to where their path should cross. Andy described how he does NOT throw AT the fish. Anyway, back to getting the fly into the “strike zone” on ocean fish. His leaders are the “Stealth Leaders” laid out in the Rob Fordyce book. Leaders constructed with the least amount of knots and most slender of knots. Long flouro butt sections, and thrown with a clear “ghost tip.” He only uses the 9-foot tips instead of the 14-foot tips so he can pick up (recast) easier. As you well know, ocean fish are finicky, so this is where the long (14 to 16ft) leaders came into play. ![]() But, what he described in detail was how he gets the fly into the strike zone. (Of the 44 fish he took last year, he said 33 were ocean fish.) As you see, the long 30-40 foot lead. What I got the most out him was here where he began talking about his techniques on ocean fish. Casting and Presenting the Fly: He talked about getting the fly into their “strike zone.” To do that, different fish (ocean, laid-up over grass) will require a different presentation. Like, a fast-moving ocean fish needs a longer lead versus making sure you get the fly closer to the face of a laid-up fish, etc. “ Reading the Fish: Basically just talked about identifying how the fish are moving, if at all, to determine what the presentation will be. Rather than paraphrase the info Scott passed on, I’ll quote Scott’s professional insights directly: According to Scott, a lot of what Andy said flew over the heads of the audience, since it was a highly detailed look at the various things Andy believes make the difference in landing fish…. Scott Collins, a Florida Keys guide, was kind enough to report to me on the contents of the presentation, which gave rise to a lively discussion on the Fly Fisherman bulletin board. This year, on January 27 at the IGFA headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, he gave an important talk on the techniques that make him one of one of the world’s more accomplished tarpon anglers. ![]() Andy Mill shook the fly -fishing-for-tarpon world last year when he took first place in both the Gold Cup and the Golden Fly tarpon tournaments in a span of two weeks. ![]()
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