Snag-Free Fly Casting on Small Streams

Hugh Koontz describes a variety of mountain-stream casting techniques that have served him well over the years, including the 'S' Curve, Puddle Cast, and Rock Cast: 'With I cast my line over the boulder, so it rests there with no movement, while the fine tippet and fly land in the pool. With the line resting on the rock, there is no drag for several seconds, or at least until it floats to the dropoff lip of the pool.' In the Shelby (North Carolina) Star."