On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 10:32:07 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
wrote:


"JT" wrote in message
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"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message
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It was Dave Whitlock who taught me to pick up a rock from the river
and rub the fly in the moss to kill the scent from your hands before
making
a presentation to the fish.

Dries, wet or all flies?

JT

Dave does this on dries, wets and nymphs, so I'm assuming all flies.
I also read it in one of Whitlock's books I have at home, I'll see if I can
dig it up again over the weekend. When I saw Dave at the ISE show I
questioned him on this, and he told me it's a very important step before
the presentation to the fish.

Oh, it is, it is...it's almost as very important as making sure your fly
touches the water before your line...that's why only rock-rubbing
line-suspenders manage to catch fish...

Makes good sense to me.

OK.

I love reading and talking to experts about fishing techniques, and
sometimes it surprises me the little things that these well established
anglers do.

And it never surprises me what people will fall for...for example, the
late, great angler Reilly I. Schittuknott told folks that he always sat
on his fly box and farted before fishing. Of course, as great a
fisherman as Reilly was, most of his innovations stunk...

HTH,
R
....of course, Dave may just like to see greenhorns out looking for a
good rock to rub...