Excellent Points Don!! Sometimes I think that with all the reasons why the fish don't bite it is a wonder that any fish at all catch our flies. And your points reinforce the premise that fish have certain instinctual traits built into their character and behavior that effect how, when, and how much they feed.
Here is Indiana, maybe about 90% of my fishing is done between 7pm and too dark to see the fly. Partially because of my job, but mostly because of the experience of landing about 80% of the fish during that time. It is also nice that there is a nice smallmouth bass creek two blocks from the home. Mornings are good too, but I am not much of a morning person :) But again, like Don was saying, each species and even each fish is different so the knowledge base is almost infinite. That may be one of the attractions of this sport. There is always something more to learn. The possibility of a fish catching the fly increases with the number of casts, time on the water, attention to detail, and amount learned while out there (and in the library too). tight lines, Jack On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Don Ordes <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice article, but there are more than 3 or 4 things that affect fish, i.e. > what matters to them. > > Not all fish behave the same way, but all need the 3 mentioned necessities > to some degree, so I agree to a big extent. > > *Other factors that affect whether a fish will feed or not:* > > -Weather- barometric readings affect fish and feeding. > -Lunar cycles- the moon’s cycles affect fish, therefore, > -Day vs night activity, or light sensitivity, or night-time sleep cycles, > or feeding on a full moon and not at all the day after. > -Fishing pressure – related to shelter as to security, but different, > especially if the fish are caught and released. They may think the fly is > food, but that leader tells them not to catch it. > -Water conditions- pollution, run-offs (muddy), water too warm or too > cold or changing rapidly. > -Saltwater estuaries- tide is not right, waiting for the tide (no source > of nourishment until the tide brings din-din to them) > -Deep sea fish- feed is just off, not in mood to eat. Live bait doesn’t > matter, even boinking them on the nose with it. (Time to find something in > the cooler to wait it out or head back in.) > > Another good discussion. Anybody want to add anything? > > DonO > > *From:* Jack Harford <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 03, 2015 8:36 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [VFB] QFTD > > Hi Rick, > > Here is an opinion page that was written for our fly fishing club > newsletter on this subject. Differing opinions gladly accepted :) > > Tight lines, > Jack > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:27 AM, 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> "Any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it >> coming." >> >> John Steinbeck "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" >> >> Rick >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >> group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >> >> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VFB Mail" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. 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