When Is The Time To Use A Streamer?

[uglystick]

I have a couple streamers I would love to try but I have no idea when to pull them out and give them a try. I float a lot and the 99.9% of the time I am nymphing. I am just looking for what kind of water I should hit with them? Do I cast into the fast and strip it into the slow? do I hit the bank? but if I am walking do I cast out and strip it into the bank. If you have any input or have the time to type a couple answers for me that would be great!

 

Thanks!

 

Still trying to catch my first on the dry fly too! but that is for another day! Lol!

[Tungsten]

Back cast "sploosh" forward cast "duck"let it sink, let it sink somemore, twitch twich and hang on.

As long as its on the bottom your good.

[jksnijders]

 

 

Any time is streamer time.

[cheeler]

With the hot weather and warm water temps, hit the deep runs when the sun is out but the banks after the sun goes down.

[uglystick]

Thanks guys! Tungsten, I like your wording of how to do it. That I can understand.

 

 

[BBBrownie]

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[BBBrownie]

Doesn't necessarily have to be on bottom...Bow River Bugger only has lead wraps around the shank, so while sinking a foot or two, it doesn't generally hit anywhere near bottom, yet catches fish with the best of em! Bow River bugger dead drifts and swings well. Give it a slight upstream cast, let it drfit for a few seconds, give it a big mend and let it swing around untill it is hanging below you. Let it hang for a few seconds, perhaps a few twitches, slow strip a few feet, then take a few steps down and repeat. Browns respond well to the swing for me, bows often to the dead drift. You can also try 'dropping' a nymph from the shank of the bugger, this can work quite well...