Danl wrote:


I prefer using #10 - #18 LWSHs (Lead Weight Substitute Holders) sold at most
fly shops, but sometimes by other names. Most come with a convenient built
in barb-like doohickey that assist in holding the LWS onto the
hoo....err...LWSH.



last year, just below the dam on the madison above cabin creek
campground, there was an older fella (shutup) about 50 yards ahead of me
fishing with a downstream sweep. i was moving along the mountain side
currents. he was catching a fish...some big ones...on almost every
cast. i was...er...wasn't catching anything but a few bruises. i
thought he was swinging wets. no one else in the area was catching
anything. i changed flies 10 or more times before i neared the *******.
when he brought a fish in, i brazenly cast into his lanes as he
concentrated on unhooking his catch. nothing. i looked closer to make
sure his feet were below the water surface. yup, a mere mortal.
whatthefukwashedoin?? when i finally got close enough, i couldn't stand
it any longer, and i asked what he was using....

says he: "i'm cheating today, wanted to catch a few...salmon eggs".

says a bewildered i: "uh...what color?" g

once up close enough to see, i discovered that what i thought was simply
a peculiar fly cleaning gesture made after releasing each fish was
actually the motion used in opening a little jar, retrieving an egg, and
placing it on a lwsh.

hell, i didn't know the madison had salmon egg-layers in it! BG
but the trout sure did love those eggs...

jeff