Post by AgMD on Jun 17, 2011 18:17:31 GMT -5
Fished the local run Thurs. Am before work.
Fast water running over big rocks tailing into smoother water below.
Only a few caddis coming off but every once in a while a fish would leap clear out of the water. I tried a number of wets and nymphs and got a few tentative hits and even caught a few. Since the rises to the naturals were so energetic and the taps on my on offerings were so tentative I concluded that I was putting the fly where it needed to be but I just had not found the "right " pattern. I finally tied on a #14 Partridge and Peacock soft hackle. Although this is one of my favorite patterns, I had never found it to be effective on this stretch. It was effective that morning. Every take was a savage grab. Nothing tentative now. Every hit was hard and with intent.
I caught 7 more fish in less time than it took to catch the first 2. Two were older trout that are from last years planting but most were hatchery fish that had been stocked a few weeks ago.
The tentative taps at the "wrong" flies were probably exploratory tests to see if this new thing that acts like food really is food. They are not certain but they will give it a little nip to see what it is like. And of course they detect the fraud immediately.
When presented with the "right" fly the fish acted like they knew it was food. And they knew it was food that swam fast and flew away if the fish was too slow.
Is my explanation a good one? I don't know but that is my theory and I'm sticking with it.
AgMD
Fast water running over big rocks tailing into smoother water below.
Only a few caddis coming off but every once in a while a fish would leap clear out of the water. I tried a number of wets and nymphs and got a few tentative hits and even caught a few. Since the rises to the naturals were so energetic and the taps on my on offerings were so tentative I concluded that I was putting the fly where it needed to be but I just had not found the "right " pattern. I finally tied on a #14 Partridge and Peacock soft hackle. Although this is one of my favorite patterns, I had never found it to be effective on this stretch. It was effective that morning. Every take was a savage grab. Nothing tentative now. Every hit was hard and with intent.
I caught 7 more fish in less time than it took to catch the first 2. Two were older trout that are from last years planting but most were hatchery fish that had been stocked a few weeks ago.
The tentative taps at the "wrong" flies were probably exploratory tests to see if this new thing that acts like food really is food. They are not certain but they will give it a little nip to see what it is like. And of course they detect the fraud immediately.
When presented with the "right" fly the fish acted like they knew it was food. And they knew it was food that swam fast and flew away if the fish was too slow.
Is my explanation a good one? I don't know but that is my theory and I'm sticking with it.
AgMD
