This is a neat trick !

[fishinwrench]

This looks like a blast!    I don't think it would take a full blown hatch to get bit doing this.  

 

[mic]

I'm sorry I can't remember his name, but the famous British guide on the white river does that.  I saw him in a video a long time go.  He had a four fly wet rig but casted upstream.  He would bounce the top fly.  

 

[fshndoug]

Davy McPhail I believe is the guide

[fshndoug]

that would be a hoot

 

[tjm]

Davy Wotton?  of the "Davy Knot"?

That's a "drag free drift".  Set the fly down and pick it back up before it has time to "drag".  Works in fast broken water, or anyplace where the fish is used to making quick decisions, not so effective maybe in a quiet flow where the fish is used to tracking a fly before taking it.

Long time ago I read about "creating a hatch" using a similar trick with mayfly patterns.  Later I read about an old way of flitting the fly on and off the water,  I think it was called  "Dapping" a hundred years ago or possibly even as far back as when the   Brits taught the Japanese how to use flies. A long light weight  rod is handy for keeping the line off the water. 

[fishinwrench]

Ok, I had to go play with it......and it's impossible unless your fly is less than 15 feet from your rod tip.   Plus, the weight required to make it happen is more than any dry fly, other than a big foam hopper, can float. 

So as cool as it looks in that little video, I'm calling BS on the whole thing.   🙄

[nomolites]

10 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Ok, I had to go play with it......and it's impossible unless your fly is less than 15 feet from your rod tip.   Plus, the weight required to make it happen is more than any dry fly, other than a big foam hopper, can float. 

So as cool as it looks in that little video, I'm calling BS on the whole thing.   🙄

I was wonder about that…still gonna try it, because that looks like such a hoot and we get lots of evening hatches.  Thanks for sharing!

Mike

[tjm]

That's why a long rod is handy, you can basically use one rod length or one and one half rod length of leader, and the fly doesn't actually have to float if you keep it suspended. Touch and go. It's how the Macedonians fly fished and the essence of tenkara fishing. it helps if you fish down wind as the wind will provide lift.

[mic]

44 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Ok, I had to go play with it......and it's impossible unless your fly is less than 15 feet from your rod tip.   Plus, the weight required to make it happen is more than any dry fly, other than a big foam hopper, can float. 

So as cool as it looks in that little video, I'm calling BS on the whole thing.   🙄

Found the link...it is between the 2 minute and 2:30.  

 

[fishinwrench]

Here's one to help everyone recover from the rediculousness I originally posted 👍