"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 07:44:50 -0500, "Wolfgang"
wrote:
If memory serves, there are references to using a muddler as a dry fly
in the
literature.

I've had some luck fishing a muddler dry. One day on Spring Creek a
nice fish was sipping something too small for me to see, although it
was only about 15 feet away.

Since I couldn't imitate it, I tried a #12 muddler. The 15-inch trout
took it on the first cast.

Try that sometime.

vince

Don't overlook taking Muddlers and fishing them dry when you go warm-water
fishing. In sizes 6-12 at dusk, I've floated them around brush and
stick-ups in ponds and caught some explosive strikes from bass up to 5
pounds and Warmouth well over a pound. My best guess is they are mistaken
for fat, juicy grasshoppers or cicadas, but who really knows what the fish
is thinking?

-Doc