This seems to be about the only way I can catch fish on a dry. I let it drift till it drags and then pull it under. I usually get the hit right after I pull it under. I guess you can tell, I am not a dry fly fisher, wish I could learn from someone. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lane McKellar wrote: > A similar technique is used with caddis at the end of a drift. They call it > skating, it represents the emergence of the caddis. Entices fast very > violent strikes from fish. Where are you from? I live in Logan, maybe we > could wet a line sometime. Those are waters I fish pretty regularly. > > Lane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 4:28 PM > Subject: [VFB] Stimulator/streamer? > > > I had a great day of fishing last Saturday, first casting dry flies to a > > large pod of hungry 10-12 inch fish in the Cub River (Idaho) and then > > dredging the deep holes with a BHGRHE for 15 inch Rainbows on a stretch of > > the Bear River through the Onieda Narrows. When fishing on the Cub I > tried a > > Stimulator as a strike indicator for a two foot dropper with a BHPT > attached. > > I got a few whacks at the Dry, a few more on the dropper, but the most > > deadly technique was to pull the Stimulator under water, strip, hold, > strip > > hold until a fish whaked it... and they obliged with amazing regularity. > As > > is often the case, it was the only Stimulator I had with me, but it caught > 15 > > fish until I lost it on the one fish I really wanted to see. > > > > I am curious how many of you routinely use the technique of stripping in > dry > > flies after the drift, and which flies seem to give you the best results. > > For myself, I'm going to be tying up a few dozen more Stimulators.... > >
