I am sure it has happened to all of us. You tye a dozen flies at the same tile.
All are the same pattern. Tye one on and smash the fish one after another.
Break off and tye on another one and the fish will not touch it. Try another
and you start catching fish again.Also you might be catching fish on a fly in
the morning and then you go out in the evening and they will not touch it.Tony
On Wednesday, November 4, 2015 9:11 AM, Jack Harford
<[email protected]> wrote:
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 Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 8:36 AMTo:
[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
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