In article , Scott
Seidman writes
Here's my favorite way to learn new methods.

Its those sporadic, once every ten minute risers. You'll drive yourself
bonkers if you try to catch them with a dry fly like a beginner (sorry
Ken!).

Once you start thinking of those fish as fish who you will usually never
take with a dry fly, but who were nice enough to tell you where they were
and that they're actively feeding, all the doors are open to you. Take
these fish with a wet or a nypmph, and it will helf with confidence in the
technique. Soon it will be a regular part of your bag of tricks





Reminds me of a small put and take fishery stocked with Rainbows. When
we arrived quite early in the day they were showing all over th pond.
Nothing would tempt them in normal fishing practise. Certainly floating
flies were useless.

My pal asked to cast his rod and new line to see what I thought of the
line. Upon retrieving at a very high rate of knots to re-cast, a 4.5 lbs
Rainbow hit the fly and was landed.

From that moment on only flies stripped very quickly produced results.
The fish proved to be freshly fed and were full of mushy pellets.
--
Bill Grey