On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:43:05 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:

ASIDE: Your TR brought something to mind when you spoke of frustration
casting to fish you know are rejecting your efforts.

These are fish that are coming into the river to spawn, and like
Atlantic (and Pacific) Salmon are not striking the fly to eat it but
because they are ****ed and annoyed by it. They weren't striking the
fly because it didn't look delicious, but because they weren't angry
at it. I could make them angry only by placing the fly very near
their snout. I believe that depth played a very big part in their
aggression. If I didn't get any strikes with a heavily weighted
nymph, I would change to one that was not weighted at all and relied
on the sinking leader to get the fly down. Other times I got hits by
removing the sinking leader and tossing tube flies at them, just under
the surface. It was a learning experience and *really* made fishing a
three demensional sport. Neither the guide nor I know why they boil
or roll on the surface, sometimes coming completely out of the water
like a whale. It's really something to see. I did get an eight
pounder by skating a fly across the surface - a salmon fishing Bomber
on a size 10 hook, white and red. Go figure. d;o)

I'm going to look into tying some tube flies for my local waters.
Don't know how to tie them, but I have a good source that can teach
me.

Dave