Fluke

[...] it must have taken a
buzzer moving at 30 mph. So much for deception. No more takes.
Stomach full of daphnia. I guess it was over wintered - they do not
usually stock at this weight. Lessons to be learned??

Here's my 2p worth of speculation. Suspect the fish was
*very* close to the fly, and the sudden motion of said fly
provoked a reaction strike. Since some buzzers were coming
off, the fish would be somewhat attuned to the naturals rising
up through the water column. The fish that rose to the indicator,
and the one you hooked on the top dropper would seem to indicate
the fish were cruising relatively near the surface (depending
somewhat on how far down the dropper was, and how far it
ascended when you attempted to strike the riser).

Lucky? Assuredly. :-) I guess if it'd happened to me,
I'd have adjusted the indicator so that the top dropper was
hanging maybe a foot below it, and perhaps raise the point
fly to 3 ft. or so below the indicator, and try that for a
while, in hope that the fish working nearer the surface wasn't
just a fluke. :-)

Todd (remove hook to reply)