We all love and prefer dry fly fishing but if you fish 8 month a year for steelhead like we do it is inevitable you will need to swing tips. Tips can be very difficult to manage as you want to be heavy but yet stay off the bottom. You want to be deep in the run but also be able to swing your fly into the beach. This take a lot awareness on what your fly is actually doing and what depth it is at all time. Tip fishing can be extremely frustrating at times if you keep getting hung up. It can throw off any angler, and in all honesty ruins the fishing. When fish are glued to the bottom and you need to get down and dirty, here are some tips on how to stay productive.
