Nobody told him

Derek wrote:

I use a highly bouyant wake fly (on a fly line) the disturbance of a prey
item attempting a speedy escape triggers the attack instinct similar to fish
chasing newly emerged mayfly or waterlogged craneflys ( we call them daddy
longlegs in the UK which btw is not the same as the US daddy ).
Derek W

The most dramatic and exciting fishing I've had with a buoyant "wake"
fly was catching big rainbows on mice on the Kisaralik in Alaska (this
summer). Standing on the bank and casting across the current, I'd make a
big upstream mend and twitch the mouse toward shore. Invariably, when
the fish hit, it would be right at the bank. On one occasion I could see
the fish follow the fly for yards. It was like they knew that they had
the mouse, but were waiting, almost sadistically, to strike at the last
moment.

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