Ernie wrote:
"adso4" wrote in message
om...

My question today is, what is your secret, rationale, or theory

of fly

rotation that goes beyond Woolly Bugger as the terminator? What

is

your initial searching pattern? If you have to change fly

pattern

itself, not just downsizing it, then, what fly do you usually

go for

next, and then? What is your fly of last resort?


The answer depends on the type of fish you are fishing for and
the type of water you are fishing in.
Generally:
1. If the fish are striking short go to a smaller fly.
2. If the fish are not striking change the color of the fly.
3. If #2 fails change the type of fly, wet, dry, style etc.
Ernie




If I'm not getting any response from the fish, my first reaction is to
try a different approach. If dries aren't working try a nymph or a wet.
If I'm getting refusals from actively feeding fish, I'll first try a
change in presentation then go to a smaller fly then go to a different
type of fly. I VERY seldom worry about color except in terms of light
and dark. (Except for orange - sometimes that color seems to really turn
on the fish. I have no idea why but it's the only color that I've
noticed having that type of reaction).

Willi