Re: [VFB] Analphabethic grayling

[Ken, Carolyn, Alex and Hershel]

Soren...   I think grayling are a highly underrated fish here in North America.  They are truly a flyfisherman's fish because of their willingnesss to take a fly.  I love fishing for them and love the way they will leap out of the water and crash down on top of a dry fly to take it.   I've stood in streams and had the grayling school at my feet because I was providing a break in the current and a place for them to rest -- this phenomena is amazing to see -- frustrating though too because they should be out there where I'm throwing my fly.   -Ken-       ----- Original Message ----- From: Soren Finne To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 5:50 AM Subject: [VFB] Analphabethic grayling     Hello list,   Last night I was out to my club water to exercise casting and to try some new flypatterns for their floatability. Doing so I suddenly came to see two graylings swimming slowly towards me sipping pupaes in the surface. I had just tied on a small #18 "Hatching buzzer", which I�m by way is tying for the midge swap, so I made a cast and placed the fly about 1 meter ahead of the graylings. (I could almost feel the strike.) What happens, the grayling pair approaches the fly, separates and continue their swim toward me, parallell to the flyline. Calling all the dark forces I came to think of I pulled in the line quite rapidly with the fly skating on the surface scaring any fish within half a mile - except the two graylings who raced after the fly - one of them was faster and I was able to hook him. He was not more than 12" so he just had to make me a short visit before diving back to his friend again, but I had time to see that had the typical, beautiful back fin. I can�t remember reading a single book about flyfishing that doesn�t mention the importance of a dragfree drift so my conclusion is that I had the luck to met two analphabetic graylings. (excuse my spelling and grammar)   Greetings from Sweden Soren Finne