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The ability to move the fly with the rod tip and not just the line hand is a fundamental skill that opens creative options for the streamer angler.
Almost two decades ago, Kelly Galloup’s first streamer book changed the way anglers thought about moving a streamer. All these years later, the jerk strip isn’t just one way to move the streamer. It’s a technique for using both hands, in concert, synchronized, for presentations that are impossible to achieve any other way.
Move the fly with the rod tip and then recover with the line hand. In this way, the Jerk Strip sets the table for everything else to follow in this Troutbitten Skills Series on Streamer Presentations.
We Cover the Following
- Angles, speeds, cadence
- Depth and distance
- Fast vs smooth
- Flies and fly rods
- Troubleshooting the mechanics
- Jig Strip, Glide Strip, Twitch Strip
- Good slack and bad slack
- Strip sets and hook sets
- And much more . . .
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READ: Troutbitten | Category | Streamers
READ: Troutbitten | Streamer Presentations — Jigs, Jerks and Strips
VIDEO: Troutbitten | The Jerk Strip — Streamer Presentations
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Domenick Swentosky
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Hey fellas, one thing that you didn’t mention when discussing learning this tactic is that it’s much easier learned on a traditional line by knuckle heads like me. It removes a he variable of trying to grasp the thin mono while also trying to get the rhythm of it. It kicked my ass on the mono rig when you showed me. After 1 day on the water practicing with a fly line it was a lot easier on the mono.
Great presentation! Yes I’ve been using some modified jerk strip for almost 20 years since I bought Kelley’s book. You explain it well and wrote about the options I also use. I have found the trout when on streamers want it just a few options. Your deadly pause article some time back has also been very good for me on trout.
Bass on the other hand, especially in the small lakes I fish, want it half a dozen different ways. Maybe the still, clear water makes them a bit picky. My best (most consistent) last season for bass in the lake was a strip then jerk with tip, then pause. I’m sure this year will be something different. My 2nd best was a jerk, strip, jerk, strip at a fast pace. That wears me out in about an hour.
I hardly ever see streamer under indicator fishing, which is probably my most successful way of fishing them. You can get a great dead float,even hit while swinging, and yes,when retrieving. It’s not much fun to cast,but it’s something definitely worth trying
Hi Rich,
Thanks for your comment. I agree that streamers under an indy is a way to fish streamers that works sometimes, but I strongly disagree that it’s “the most successful way” to fish streamers.
Streamers under an indy is another method that I just find kind of boring. I nymph a lot. So when I switch to streamers, I want to move them. I have the dead drifts and swings and passive drifts covered already. And when I’m Nymphing, I very often put a small to medium sized bugger at the end of the line. Again, I’ve already done that, and if I’m going to streamers, I want to do something different. To me, that’s streamer fishing. And putting a long fly under an Indy isn’t what I’d call streamer fishing, I guess. But as I said at first, I agree that it works sometimes.
Cheers.
Dom
This series is off to a great start. I’m going to need to reread Galloup’s first book. Maybe you can recommend other streamer books that are worth digging into in future episodes.
And as a drummer I will say yes it is fun
What happened to written articles; why is everything a podcast?
Hi Steve,
There are 5 articles in the last couple months. There are also about six videos in that time. Everything is not a podcast. The Troutbitten Project expanded beyond just articles many years ago. It’s a growing thing, and seasons come and go — wax and wane. I enjoy writing very much. Honestly, in the last year and a half, most of my writing energies have been put into the upcoming book. So while the articles have certainly continued here on Troutbitten, you’re right, they aren’t as often. This is a solo project, my friend, and I do my best. Thanks for your input.
Cheers.
Dom