Re: [VFB] Induced take

[Jleavitt18]

Aptly put Soren, I don't have a lot of experience, but one thing I know for sure is I am continuously amazed by the actions of fish.    Two funny things happened to me yesterday while fishing.  In the process of taking a piece of moss of my indicator fly a little smallmouth bass snapped up the dropper nymph which was dangling in the water at my feet.  I had two other smallmouth, one of them the largest I caught, viciously take an indicator fly I had tied over the weekend kind of as a joke.  It  had a head of one of those sticky foam strike indicators that is bright orange on the outside.  I just poked a hook through it and advanced it to the eye of the hook.  Then proceeded to tie an Adams hackle, body and tail on the remainder of the hook.  It looked really stupid, kind of like a fly with a lifejacket on, but it floated well and I could see it. I'm going to tie up some more of them this week!   Joe Leavitt ----- Original Message ----- From: Soren Finne To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 12:32 PM Subject: [VFB] Induced take Hi list, Reading all the interesting comments following my message about graylings the other day I feel a need to discuss the theme from another angle.   In the classic literature we can read about different techniques to induce a take (ie La Fontaine, Leisenring). Several of you listfellows also give examples from your own experiences. I think we are discussing some of the essence of flyfishing. Literature and tradition give us lots of rules about how to act when fishing, but in the end it is up to the fisherman himself to use his instincts, knowledge, experience and feeling to succed in the fishing. Fishing skill is the result of good knowledge and capability to use this knowledge. The capability is often a result of many hours, days, months and years at the water which creates an instinct for what is right just at this moment.   When we choose our flies and fishing methods according to our own experience even if nobody else around agrees and succeds at it, that is pure fishing joy and happiness, isn�t it?   Tight lines Soren Finne