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Thanks Willi
one of your little bugs saved a skunking.
Made my last trip to the brown trout section of the Grand before it shuts down on Sept. 30th. and nobody was doing well. There were fishing rising all over the place but we were lucky to get one each. This was technical with a capital "T". The guy beside me was using 8X FC for ****'s sake. Downstream presentation with 7X or better was the only way to get them to even consider refusing!!! I went out there with my little Winston with the notion of slinging streamers in off-colour water after Isabelle. Instead, it's high but clear, high sun, and they won't touch one. So there I am with the wrong rod, no decent leaders, and rising fish. At least I had your little bugs or I'd have been 0 fer 3. Wanna know how frustrating it is to watch dink after dink refuse? The only thing they took was your #20 olive caddis emerger. I'm going to save this post as a reminder. I have to stop fishing the way I like it and start fishing the way the fish like it. Peter turn mailhot into hotmail to reply Eastern Spey Clave, October 4th and 5th, 2003 http://www.easternclave.ca Visit The Streamer Page at http://www.mountaincable.net/~pcharl...ers/index.html |
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Peter Charles wrote: one of your little bugs saved a skunking. The only thing they took was your #20 olive caddis emerger. I'm going to save this post as a reminder. I have to stop fishing the way I like it and start fishing the way the fish like it. Thanks for the compliment, but you did the hard part. There are lots of good flies out there. The hard part is knowing when to use them. Willi |
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Thanks Willi
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 12:59:51 -0600, Willi wrote:
Peter Charles wrote: one of your little bugs saved a skunking. The only thing they took was your #20 olive caddis emerger. I'm going to save this post as a reminder. I have to stop fishing the way I like it and start fishing the way the fish like it. Thanks for the compliment, but you did the hard part. There are lots of good flies out there. The hard part is knowing when to use them. Willi You western guys would've loved it Sunday, lots of fish, very un-spooky but hyper-selective. The best approach was a long rod with a factory FC leader down to 7X, and presenting the fly with no flyline in contact with the water. Since I only had crappy, old leaders and a short rod, I had too much line in the water = drag. The prevailing winds always blows your leader up current so if your line hits the water, you start off dragging. Reach mends only partially solve the problem. My old, crappy leaders kept collapsing which solve the initial drag problem but it placed a pile of tippet around the fly which turned off the fish. I couldn't get a fly to turnover to save my life. The fish have even developed sound effects for their refusals so you *know* when they show their disdain. I swear one spit on the fly. Did I tell you it was frustrating? The fly saved the day. Peter turn mailhot into hotmail to reply Eastern Spey Clave, October 4th and 5th, 2003 http://www.easternclave.ca Visit The Streamer Page at http://www.mountaincable.net/~pcharl...ers/index.html |
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