Essential Skills with Olver Edwards: Streamer Fishing on Rivers

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Streamer fishing on rivers in the UK has never had a following. There is little written material, no books or patterns. Totally different to the UK reservoir fishing scene! A curious point, if you consider that streamer fishing on rivers is practised everywhere else in the world. Contrary to what many people think, streamer fishing is not a chuck and chance it technique, it has its own particular skills, equal to any other fly fishing discipline and importantly, it attracts big, predatory fish. It'll help you improve your 'underwater brain' increasing your ability to spot likely holding zones or lies, instead of relying on tell-tale rise forms. This is an essential skill for every river fisher's armoury, because on those days with no rising fish, particularly when the river is up several inches and slightly coloured, streamer fishing is likely to give you some good sport, with the possibility of a really big fish bending your rod. You're going to have to work on your casting skills. However, you'll be amazed how quickly you can master casting heavy streamers, your timing will quickly become second nature. Streamer fishing greatly widens the areas of the river you can search. How for instance would you tackle a large wide deep pool, where, because of topography, or permission, you can only fish from one bank? The incoming current leads towards the far bank and the fish lie in that deep steady water. These fish may rarely rise, they're content to hang near the river bed and maybe grab the odd sculpin, minnow or even a baby crayfish. So what do you do? With streamer fishing you have the answer. This is an essential skill you will have to learn if you want to explore the water fully.

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