Comments on: Q&A: Long Drifts or Short — What’s Better and Why? https://troutbitten.com/2024/04/03/qa-long-drifts-or-short-whats-better-and-why/ Life on the water | Fly fishing for wild trout. Tips, tactics stories and guide service from central Pennsylvania. Thu, 04 Apr 2024 20:30:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Domenick Swentosky https://troutbitten.com/2024/04/03/qa-long-drifts-or-short-whats-better-and-why/#comment-38573 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 20:30:17 +0000 https://troutbitten.com/?p=272902#comment-38573 In reply to Dustin.

Perfect. Love that.

]]> By: Dustin https://troutbitten.com/2024/04/03/qa-long-drifts-or-short-whats-better-and-why/#comment-38567 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 19:18:24 +0000 https://troutbitten.com/?p=272902#comment-38567 Great question and nice response Dom! What I’ve taken away most from you and the Troutbitten crew and the methods I’ve learned from your content is that our goal is to fish more and hope less. The tightline advantage puts us in the drivers seat. When combined with good wading skills, efficient systems for switching between tactics, and time on the water reading seams and learning wild trout habits, “covering water” becomes “covering water with a purpose”, using short but efficient drifts/presentations and always being on the move (even if it’s just repositioning a foot or two) and taking a targeted approach. Hits on the swing and hookups on a dragging fly can happen, but we don’t rely on it.

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