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Old July 27th, 2006, 12:53 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
Dave LaCourse
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On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:58:41 -0400, vincent p. norris
wrote:

You seldom see someone using a wet fly nowadays, but.... I still use them and fish them
like a nymph.

Dave


Dave, I worked as a "controller" at the one-fly tournament on Spruce
Creek this spring. On the first day, a woman on the beat next to mine
caught five trout on a wet soft-hackle sulfur. The second day, she
caught five trout in one hour on my beat, using the same fly.

Her team, which she led in points, came in about fourth in the
tournament, out of about 75 teams.

Obviously she knew what she was doing.

vince


Although she fished dries more often, my mother preferred wets, and if
there wasn't a hatch on, that would be the first fly she'd use. I
don't remember nymphs in those days, but she fished a wet similar to
the way you would fish a nymph today.

When Joanne and I were clearing her home after her death 11 years ago,
we found two Wheatley fly boxes. One was full of dries, and the other
had wet flies she had tied. When I took one out, it fell apart in my
hand. My grandsons now have them displayed in their mother's china
cabinet.

Dave





 




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