[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-card-streamer-basics":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"applyCta":6,"authorId":10,"body":11,"cardType":66,"description":17,"difficulty":67,"discipline":68,"editorId":10,"extension":70,"glossaryRefs":71,"hook":78,"meta":79,"navigation":80,"path":81,"publishedAt":82,"readingSeconds":83,"regionTags":84,"relatedCards":85,"safetyDisclaimerRequired":88,"seo":89,"status":90,"stem":91,"track":92,"updatedAt":82,"version":93,"__hash__":94},"learn_cards\u002Flearn\u002Fcards\u002Fstreamer-basics.md","Streamer Basics",{"label":7,"action":8,"target":9},"Fish a streamer on the Provo","open_water","provo-river",null,{"type":12,"value":13,"toc":62},"minimark",[14,18,21,34,37,59],[15,16,17],"p",{},"Streamer fishing is a different game than dries and nymphs. Instead of matching a hatch, you're triggering a predator response — big trout that ignored tiny flies all day will chase a streamer they think is a fleeing baitfish.",[15,19,20],{},"The setup:",[22,23,24,28,31],"ol",{},[25,26,27],"li",{},"A heavier leader: 7.5 ft, 0x or 1x. A bigger fly needs stiffer turnover.",[25,29,30],{},"6–12 lb tippet, much heavier than dry-fly fishing.",[25,32,33],{},"A streamer pattern — Wooly Bugger (size 6–10), a small sculpin, or a leech.",[15,35,36],{},"Three retrieves to learn first:",[38,39,40,47,53],"ul",{},[25,41,42,46],{},[43,44,45],"strong",{},"Strip-strip-pause."," Two quick foot-long pulls, then a beat of stillness. The pause is when most takes happen — the fly drops, and a trout that was tracking it grabs the dying baitfish.",[25,48,49,52],{},[43,50,51],{},"Slow swing."," Cast across, let the line bow downstream, and drift the fly across the run with built-in motion from the current. Set sideways with a strip-set when something hits.",[25,54,55,58],{},[43,56,57],{},"Dead-drift to swing."," Cast upstream, dead-drift the streamer down past you, then let it swing at the end. Three presentations in one cast.",[15,60,61],{},"Where to fish them: deep pools (the fish you can't see), banks with overhead cover (undercut roots, downed trees), and dawn\u002Fdusk in low light. Streamers earn their keep when other approaches dry up.",{"title":63,"searchDepth":64,"depth":64,"links":65},"",2,[],"technique","2",[69],"fly","md",[72,73,74,75,76,77],"streamer","swing","presentation","leader","tippet","pool","When nothing's rising, big flies on the strip can save the day. The basic rig and three retrieves to learn first.",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fcards\u002Fstreamer-basics","2026-05-08","120",[],[86,87],"tying-on-a-dropper-rig","reading-rises",false,{"title":5,"description":17},"published","learn\u002Fcards\u002Fstreamer-basics","building","1","zVSjOAuVxx4bmoNuLzCaIRT7CeAfH-dltE7Tpob2EQg"]