Blow Line fishing

These are a couple of messages on, "blow line fishing" :-

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Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 2:16 PM
To: Allen Crise
Subject: RE: July 3 rd

Just a note Allen about a technique I have not tried but read about. It could be called the "Dental Floss Cast". When wind conditions do not allow normal casting you could have a reel loaded with dental floss treating it like the casting and running line on a normal reel. The leader tippet and fly are attached to the end of these. To use this properly you need to have the wind to your back but you essentially allow the wind to push the fly and floss out to the place you wish the fly to land and then lower the rod tip to get the fly to settle on the water. Re-casting means picking up the rod tip allowing the wind to pick up the line so you can re-position the fly. I've never tried it but it sounds plausible and dental floss is pretty tuff stuff.

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Phil's message is interesting.

Gary describes the use of poly yarn.....not dental floss to, "kite" the fly.....also some history behind the technique.

Different and worth reading !