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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