Thannks John

John Juracek, an angler, writer and photographer I greatly respect, wrote a
nice piece on the value of observation in the latest Blue Ribbon Flies
catalog


I quote a short bit that caught my eye and made it gleam with a smile

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"Observation as in simply taking a few minutes to study the water you're
about to fish in an effort to learn what's happening. It's amazing how
much success this basic tactic leads to, yet I almost never see anglers
anywhere other than on the Henry's Fork spend even a brief moment watching
the water before they wade in and begin casting."

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Although the whole essay contains valuable advice that would help most
anglers, MY reason for quoting this short passage is the fact that the HFork
RxR Ranch is my most beloved water .... and this little snippet hints at
just how demanding a mistress she can be ... she seems to noticably improve
the approach of those anglers that wish to briefly stroke her lovely
Rainbows



Thanks John, for the smile

Probably shouldn't brag on this one but it seemed to fit with "Larry
L's" post ...
Saturday we planned a trip to a local stream...my youngest son, his
friend, and myself.

Got everything all packed except my vest. Figured once I realized I'd
forgotten that I still had what I needed to make a go of it. At the
stream I realized my license was in my vest. Not being the
adventurous sort, I spent the day watching two fine young men doing
what more of them ought to be doing and observing the water in a way I
never do. It was a beautiful day, warm after a few subzero days, and
I never regretted once the facty I never wetted a line.

Family-Outdoors
www.family-outdoors.com

"Observation as in simply taking a few minutes to study the water you're
about to fish in an effort to learn what's happening. *

How True.

"Look Far"...............

You will be amazed at what you see on the water (both far & near &
inbetween).

G

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"Look Far"...............



Reminds me of the birds the I watch at times, especially on the RxR Ranch
.... they eat the hatching bugs too and are easy to spot from a long ways
away ... several times I've moved to where they were working to find fish
feeding too .... when the place I had originally been, only a few hundred
yards away, had been totally dead


watching the birds is standard issue tactic in some fishing circles but few
trout anglers seem to make the connection

watching the birds is standard issue tactic in some fishing circles but few
trout anglers seem to make the connection

Another thing to look for is flowers. I've figured out that when the
white peony blooms around Coburn, the green drakes aren't far behind.
Frank Reid
flytyer37.blogspot.com

"Frank Reid © 2008" wrote

Another thing to look for is flowers. I've figured out that when the
white peony blooms around Coburn, the green drakes aren't far behind.
Frank Reid
flytyer37.blogspot.com


.... you just joined some respected company, the only other angler I've
heard mention the connection between seasonal flower emergences and bug
hatches is Mike Lawson .... I'm sure others have but he's the only one I
personally have heard tell anglers to look for certain blooms and when we
see them, hit the river expecting a given hatch

Again, it's something that makes perfect sense since timing of both is
controlled by temperature and related factors

Larry L wrote:
wrote


"Look Far"...............



Reminds me of the birds the I watch at times, especially on the RxR Ranch
... they eat the hatching bugs too and are easy to spot from a long ways
away ... several times I've moved to where they were working to find fish
feeding too .... when the place I had originally been, only a few hundred
yards away, had been totally dead


watching the birds is standard issue tactic in some fishing circles but few
trout anglers seem to make the connection



that's the secret to "miller's archipelago" on the madison...one i
figured out after about 3 trips and lots of wondering why there were so
many birds flitting about around me...esp. when the salmonfly hatch is on...

jeff (the bulb is undeniably dim)

Larry L wrote:
"Frank Reid © 2008" wrote
Another thing to look for is flowers. I've figured out that when the
white peony blooms around Coburn, the green drakes aren't far behind.
Frank Reid
flytyer37.blogspot.com


.... you just joined some respected company, the only other angler I've
heard mention the connection between seasonal flower emergences and bug
hatches is Mike Lawson .... I'm sure others have but he's the only one I
personally have heard tell anglers to look for certain blooms and when we
see them, hit the river expecting a given hatch

Again, it's something that makes perfect sense since timing of both is
controlled by temperature and related factors



nc shad and forsythia
red drum and yellow butterflies on the pamlico sound

"jeff" wrote



nc shad and forsythia
red drum and yellow butterflies on the pamlico sound


for some reason, maybe you understand ( I don't ), non-trout anglers seem to
have more tradition in these areas of predicting fish by other things in
Nature


Maybe it's partly because the 'average' trout stream is not open to
expansive views?? they are down in canyons and such

"jeff" wrote


that's the secret to "miller's archipelago" on the madison...one i figured
out after about 3 trips and lots of wondering why there were so many birds
flitting about around me...esp. when the salmonfly hatch is on...

jeff (the bulb is undeniably dim)

I've hooked a couple gulls ( some sort, I'm not a birder unless it's a duck
;- ) on the Fork that came down and picked up my fly of the water