On Dec 28, 11:29 pm, "Larry L" wrote:
"rw" wrote



Maybe, but I'm skeptical.

I would be too if I hadn't seen it a few times. When the Hebgen fish
really get into "gulpering" ( which is different than merely rising for
food ) it is often very clear where a fish is likely to rise next.

We call that "Hoovering" ( which is the standard British term for
using a vacuum cleaner. Hoover´s advertising was so successful that
"Hoover" became the generic name for vacuum cleaners, and even for the
action, "hoovering up".).

There are not many places where it happens, and not very regularly
either. Can happen with buzzers ( chironomids), rarely with some spent
spinners, and I have seen it happen a couple of times in a massive ant
fall, and once to a massive fall of beetles. It is common for daphnia
feeders, which just move through a cloud of daphnia ( small mostly
planktonic crustaceans, often an orangey colour when en-masse),gulping
them down, and are notoriously difficult to tempt. (Some swear by a
large bright green lure under such circumstances).

I would have thought that the main problem in such a case as you
describe would be detecting a take?

Setting the hook is not such a problem as many would have you
believe. I have caught plenty of fish on very light gear at a range of
over three hundred feet, watching a special float through binoculars
for take indication. Pulls your eyes out of their sockets, but it
works all right!

TL
MC