Author Topic: Streamer fishing for competitions (Read 940 times)

Rob Twombly · « **on:** June 10, 2011, 09:22:38 PM »

I was wondering if anyone fishes streamers in competitive situations. Forgive me for being ignorant of the rules...but when I really want to get some fish...and dont feel like dicking around with the technicalities of euro setups...I throw streamers. anyone?

Loren Williams · « **Reply #1 on:** June 10, 2011, 10:29:50 PM »

Heck yeah! And wets, and dries too....

Daniel Podobed · « **Reply #2 on:** June 11, 2011, 10:35:06 AM »

I can't comment on the competition side, but there is a thread entitled "competition worthy streamers" i believe, with a lot of people saying their favorite patterns.

Dejon Hamann · « **Reply #3 on:** June 11, 2011, 11:32:47 AM »

Rob,

Streamers are a very important part of the competition puzzle. Sinktips and big streamers are an obvious choice in stained/blown water but there are many other times when using streamers will pull fish that nymphing strategies won't like: fish hugging deep structure and stocked fish more enticed by an active presentation rather than a dead drift. Not to mention pulling streamers on lakes is an absolute staple. Not all streamer action is subsurface either; I've skittered small streamers and used unweighted buggers almost like beetles: slapping them down in tangled brushy structure to entice bass like reaction strikes.

A time and place for everything.

There are some youtube videos out there of competitors fishing streamers in normal flows at the World Championships. And a good article on how the Czech Youth team utilizing double streamer setups.

"Rod tip down" is a streamer technique I never utilized before comp fishing. Using a rod you don't mind beating up can ease the pain a bit, but you literally stab the rod tip to the stream bottom and crawl your streamers back across the bottom - deadly effective in the right conditions.

Allen Bole · « **Reply #4 on:** June 11, 2011, 07:54:12 PM »

There are some youtube videos out there of competitors fishing streamers in normal flows at the World Championships. And a good article on how the Czech Youth team utilizing double streamer setups.

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Do you have a link to that article?

Dejon Hamann · « **Reply #5 on:** June 11, 2011, 08:04:18 PM »

Not sure where it was exactly. Just checked czechnymphs.com - i think it was removed.

Chris Smith · « **Reply #6 on:** June 11, 2011, 10:24:35 PM »

The video that accompanies Fly Fishing and Fly Tying II, by Jaromir Karafiat and Miroslav Machacek has some streamer footage in it. I thought there was footage from the World's or Euro Nationals posted on YouTube as well.