In New York, the leader can be 15 feet in overall length, with a maximum 4 feet between weight and fly, so that leaves 11 feet for the main leader section. Check your regulations for legal lengths. A straight section of strong monofilament is needed here. Since we're not casting the line, there is no reason for a tapered leader to assist turn over. Most of the major line manufacturers make such a line for about half the price of a regular fly line.Īttached to the running line is a length of stiff leader material. In fact - they are simply thin non tapered fly lines. The ones most often used for chuck-n-duck system have the same PVC coating as a normal fly line. These running lines are manufactured and designed to be used behind a shooting head, usually for saltwater anglers, and are about a hundred feet long. This line has enough stiffness to avoid tangles when stripped from the reel for a cast, is thin enough to fly though the guides and allow long casts, light enough not to interfere terribly with a distant drift, and thin enough to cut through the water easily when a big fish is on the run. Instead of a normal tapered fly line, chuck-n-duck anglers use a thin running line. While it is quite possible to perform this feat with typical fly lines and some big split shot, evolution of chuck-n-duck has left us with some unusual lines and terminal tackle. Whereas in traditional fly fishing, the line is cast and the fly goes along for the ride, in chuck-n-duck fishing, a weight is cast and the fly line and fly are pulled along, similar to spin fishing (except the line does not come off a reel). The whole idea behind chuck-n-duck fishing is to turn fly angling on its head. If they could get their flies to drop quickly into the pockets and pools, and drift at the same level as the holding fish, they might be at equal odds with their spin angler counterparts. Fishermen noticed a fly fished with classic methods would drift above the fish holding in these areas - and the fish would not rise to meet the fly. The pacific salmon, in particular, would hold in these drop off areas when not actively moving upstream.
Many of these tributary rivers were small, with sheer drop offs into pockets and pools. Some observant anglers theorized that part of the problem was with the river structure. These fly anglers and guides wanted to level the playing field as much as possible, but did not want to give up their traditional fly fishing tackle. At the same time, spin and bait anglers were doing quite well. This was especially true in cold winter months, when water temps hovered around the freezing point. Techniques such as the classic down-and-across wet fly swing, greased line, or a waking dry fly did not yield the same results as what these anglers experienced on the classic West Coast steelhead rivers, or indeed the famous Atlantic Salmon rivers. When pacific salmon and steelhead were introduced to the Great Lakes tributaries, eastern and mid-western fly anglers tried to use traditional angling tactics to take these fish. Maxima is a popular brand of tippet material for fighting salmon and steelhead due to its strength and abrasion resistenceĪ nice fresh steelhead taken w/ "chuck and ducK" using same reel and line as shown above.Ĭhuck-n-duck fishing has an interesting history. This is a simple standard arbor disc drag model. The basic terminal tackle rig for Chuck and Duck fishing.Īny reel capable of holding 200yards of backing and your running line will suffice.
The essence of "Chuck and Duck" is the use of thin running line in place of a traditinal tapered fly line.
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