The Technique

The wet fly swing at its simplest is this. Find water you want, and cast across stream, to slightly downstream. Mend your line immediately, usually upstream. This allows fly to sink. Then follow your line with your rod tip downstream. Lowering your rod tip as fly swings across current, so fly will not have any drag. Some anglers like to impart action on their presentation with their rod tip, but if fishing in current action is often done all by itself. When fly has reached end of its swing. Lift line up, by doing a small roll cast, and then cast it out again. For deeper presentation, cast further upstream,. for shallower presentation cast more downstream. If floating lines are what you are used to, casting sinking tip line or even a shooting head line can take a little practice. Slowing down entire casting stroke will be required, and allow back cast to fully extend. But with a little practice, distance can be greatly improved allowing fly fisher to reach water, unreachable by using other fly fishing techniques.

The wet fly swing is great for extending season of fly fishing. When most other techniques prove to be ineffective, due to high or cold water. One can still entice those hesitant fish using this time tested technique.

• Before you put your engine in gear, have a look around yacht for floating ropes that may block or damage your propeller or gearbox. When you want to go from forward to backward, do it after you let engine speed drop to idling.

• Avoid towing your dinghy especially in rough weather, as you may lose it. It's better to keep it secured in front of mast. Remember that lost items are always charged to charterer. In case you need tug help and before you accept it, agree on price and ask for a receipt that clearly states that no further payment will be asked.

• Avoid dropping papers or napkins in toilet bowl. It's better to use plastic bags for waste papers. Toilet pumps are not able to dissolve such things.

• Remember to close main switch at top of gas bottle when you don't use gas stove or when nobody is on board.

• While refilling either water or fuel tanks, make sure not to mix fuel with water or water with fuel. In both cases situation becomes unpleasant and difficult to be repaired.

• Keep always an eye on hour counter of your motor and make sure that you have sufficient amount of fuel in your tank. The fuel gauge is not always reliable, so check hours that you have used motor.

• Do not throw plastic bottles, cans or any other waste in sea. Keep them on board and remove immediately at first harbour.

• It is also requested not to raise any flag, other than Greek, at aft side of yacht, as it is against Greek and International marine regulations.

CAUTION : If yacht is equipped with DSC VHF, DO NOT PRESS DISTRESS SIGNAL BUTTON UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY (FIRE - COLLISION - GROUNDING - SINKING).There is a penalty for unnecessary use.

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