On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:18:31 -0700 (PDT), DaveS wrote:

On Oct 17, 8:24*pm, daytripper wrote:
On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:05:02 GMT, notbob wrote:
I saw something today that left me dumbfounded. *

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Seems like the title shouldda been "Nobody Told Me" ;-)

Aside from the use of bubble floats with casting gear to enable the use of
flies, there's even a specific class of fly tied for the purpose of dragging
on the surface, called a "wake fly", most often touted for fishing for
steelhead...

/daytripper

Im assuming that most folks know to fish ovipositing caddis across the
current, waking, bouncing etc. Right? And even splashes for big
October caddis?

Dave

In certain, riffly sections of streams, I'll often cast directly downstream
and "hop" a bushy caddis pattern back to me a few inches at a time. By letting
the line get tight then"snapping" it I can get the fly to pop virtually
straight up, then gather a half-foot of line in, let the fly hit the water,
then repeat, until it's time to cast back out again. It can be a very deadly
technique indeed...

/daytripper