When I started fly fishing for trout, I was told to focus on making short, accurate casts.I think it was good advice, for the most part. On many trout rivers, the ability to cast a fly 40 feet is ...

Cast the streamer and give it a few seconds to sink. Then give it an aggressive strip or two, and then a pause. You are trying to get it to dart side to side, start and stop, up and down.