To increase your odds of success on busy trout streams, don’t be lazy with your casting angles. Educated trout demand that you make every effort to achieve drag-free drifts when casting dry flies. This means crossing streams to secure improved casting angles and fishing instream from directly below likely lies more often than you might typically have. Upstream mending of your line to ensure longer drag-free drifts is also critical whenever you’re casting across seams.
Put in the effort to ensure that your casting angle maximizes the likelihood of a drag-free drift
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