Stack mending

[Fascist Killer]

Check out the new issue of American Angler. Interesting article on stack mending. The author claims that if properly employed you won't need any shot when indicator nymphing.

[AaronJasper]

Geez.... I hope everyone listens to that author! : Please don't use ANY weight when fishing. :I think a plain beadhead is enough to get the fly down.... hahaha get serious. : However, if you listen to the article there will be a lot more fish for me to catch. I guess there is some truth to that. The better mender that you are the LESS weight you need. However, I must not be good at nymphing because I still need to use weight : I would skip that one and go read the next article.

[Night Angler]

who needs weight??

who needs to mend??

to get a fly down and deep ... Use a size 10 midge with a 4.0mm tungsten bead....

it will either get you down or knock the fish out on its way down....LOL

[TroutAholic]

Aaron,

Isn't weight important not only to get your fly near the bottom, but also to slow the drift down? Or do you think that if you have enough weight to get the fly to the bottom that the fly will be drifting slow enough to look natural?

Steve

[Davyfly]

Rego,

No way do l buy that theory, in fact l can prove otherwise. Mending is purley the means that allows for your fly to fish for the most productive time for the period of time you fish that drift, by what ever measn you are fishing.
Stacks mends do have some use, that l will not argue, but l will argue that slack line also reduces effective hook up time amongst other things.
As said, read another article.

Davy.

[Fascist Killer]

Sounds good. Thanks guys.

[Troutbum from Griswold]

Davy,
I agree whole heartedly. Mending is simply to help you maintain a drag free drift throughout the your drift when nymphing. The more you mend, the longer you will maintain a drag free drift. Of course, the amount of times you mend is for the most part dictated on the current speed. Faster current, the more you mend and so on. The idea of not using weight is crazy. Like said earlier, that's an article I wouldn't even entertain in reading.

[trout5]

Or at least read it to learn a better method of mending and controlling drift; never mind the part about no split shot. :-\

[Troutbum from Griswold]

I guess if you have experience as a fly fisherman. If your new and don't have a lot of experience, someone like that would read an article like this and start doing something that is more harmful than good.

[SlowNDeep]

I haven't read the article so can't comment on it

I do know that way too many people put on more weight than is necessary. There are many times where an well-timed mend will eliminate the necessity to add more weight.

In slower currents, you will be OK without too much added weight, but in faster water, it dont matter how much you mend, your fly aint getting to the bottom in a reasonable amount of time without added weight.