Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:09:01 -0400, Dave LaCourse
wrote:

To dip a fly into *any* solution that adds taste or smell is cheating,
and in most states illegal to boot.

Add: "in fly fishing only waters."

I was wondering!

This is a put and take stream. Although, this year
they planted it with galizzions of 5" browns.

I usually only keep 11" plus and then only
enough to fill my frying pan. Trout's fake
was sealed when the Lord create butter, salt,
pepper, Rosemary, Garlic... He must of been
happy with some of us when he created trout too.

I am thinking of adding an extra split shot to try
to get at the feeding lies under the rapid where
the water is still. And, to add a tiny bit of extra
tension. This does pose a problem when the water
above the fly is in post run off volume. For some
reason, this stream, trout love it dead under the
rapid. I very seldom catch one in the transition
side water. It is not like any other stream I
have fished. (I had to fish this stream for three
years before I started to catch fish.)

And, I have also noticed that a tiny bit of
side ways motion to alter the dead drift just
slightly gets more strikes.

-T