On Dec 29, 3:26 am, rw wrote:
Larry L wrote:
"Mike" wrote

..We call that "Hoovering" ( which is the standard British term for

using a vacuum cleaner.

I like that, more descriptive than 'gulping' imho

I guess I've never seen hoovering, or gulping for that matter, on
stillwater. Sounds exciting. I've seen it in slow-moving currents with
heavy hatches of tiny flies. A good Trico hatch on Silver Creek is the
best example I can think of.

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This is an extract from a post that somebody sent me ;

QUOTE
The bright sunshine seemed to have no effect on the free rising trout
in this South Ayrshire reservoir.All day browns and rainbows hoovered
up the small bright green beetle that had appeared on the water in
their thousands. Fish could still be taken with Hoppers in many
shades, Black Gnats and Balloon Caddis, in fact nearly any well
presented dry fly. Club members Tam Campbell and Dougie Hek had a
tremendous days sport with browns to 1:08 and rainbows to 2:12. Dougie
alone had sixteen trout to hand , the smallest around the eleven ounce
mark and with each rod rising over thirty fish during the day with
many missed or lost it was indeed the highlight of the season so far.
Highly recommended.
UNQUOTE

It often means trout swimming in a straight line taking every insect
in their path, and not deviating at all. Of course this can only
occur when there is a very large number of insects extant, as
otherwise the trout would not be able to swim in a more or less dead
straight line and still get enough insects. As Larry pointed out, in
such conditions it is quite simple to see where the trout is going,
and if you are accurate enough, and your imitation is even remotely
reasonable, you will get a take. It can be very exciting and
successful, but also extremely frustrating and unsuccessful fishing
largely dependent on the insects concerned and the tactics used.

With small flies like some chironomids, usually masses of pupae
hanging in the the film, it can be extremely difficult to detect takes
at any range, which is why most people use special techniques for
these things like the "washing line" technique. This consists of a
( usually larger ) buoyant fly on the point, and the actual imitation
which targets the fish is fished on a dropper. Often several droppers
are used. Of course, as soon as the point fly moves, the hook is set.

TL
MC