Warren wrote:
Tying the flies with the hook point up
may also be something worth looking into.....
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The ones I tied are clouser style, mostly to prevent the foul hooking.
It seems to me that managing the drift can also prevent the foul
hooking. Monday and Wednesday I was on the Skagit, and only foul
hooked a couple fish while fair hooking over fifty each day. The
Rockport hole was particularly hot Wednesday. The water was a foot
lower than when you were there, and the fish were easier to see. I
couldn't manage to catch more than seven in a row, but the fun part was
the way they were taking the flies. They would follow the fly for
about ten feet, and then just pick up the fly as they followed it. If
you saw it happening and set the hook it was a nice hookup. If you
were slow enough they spit it out and you had to wait for the next fish
to pick it up on the same cast. I caught a 7.5 pound buck that looked
like Steve's.

Chas
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