Tactics
Ultimate Prize- Wild Welsh Brown Trout
Having strapped yourself in the floatube, it is just a matter of gently using your flippers, to get under way. Once in deep enough water, experiment with the floattube, your legs are the oars, and like oars, using only one leg will change direction of the tube. The strength of the wind will determine, whether your paddle is strong enough to move you upwind, or remain stationary. Take a few minutes to work this out, as the last point can be used to deadly effect. And that is all there is to it, it is far easier to manoeuvre than a boat.
Then it is a question of searching the water, as you are travelling upwind you can fan your casts 180 degrees covering all the water before you. If fishing the shoreline make sure your point fly touches the edge of the lake, for it is hard to believe how little water large fish need to lie in. There is no need to cast more than 10 yards, in fact it would be foolish to cast a longer line, if you are fishing for wild trout, such is the speed of take of these fish. Vary your retrieve, and do not be afraid to move the dry fly, a skated dry fly can produce memorable sport with fish bow waving after your fly. And basically that is all there is to it, you can then experiment, paddle into reed beds and sit stationary allowing your flies to sit on the edge of the reed bed, or even step up the strength of your nylon and fish with a single fly in the reed beds no part of the lake is out of your reach.