Fluorocarbon line when surface fishing

[geoffmaynard]

I certainly try not to stomp about when I approach a swim especially when I am doing things like Chub fishing and often take the long way round if I have to to avoid footsteps too close to were I think the fish are.

Walk like you are treading across a bed of eggs was how we were always taught to approach a stream, but that was in the 50s and 60s when watercraft was considered the best skill an angler could have. These days it seems to be how far you can cast, or how accurate - or how much your reel cost