A conehead amps its jigging action, and big trout ... floating line. At the base level, making a streamer come to life is easy. You move it and alter the speed by stripping in your fly line ...

photo by Ken Baldwin Fill a large bowl with warm water and soap. Lay the line in the water ... I want to add to my fly fishing quiver is trying a new approach to streamer fishing.

I had specific expectations when I got this rod. It markets itself as a big streamer fly rod, and that's exactly how I planned to use it – throwing large squid-looking patterns for striped bass ...