Don Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jack Gartside had an interesting discussion about this
in his book "The Soft Hackled Streamer"
(www.jackgartside.com I think). In his findings the
rate at which one species was caught over the other
was due mostly to the the presentation and the color
of the fly (all soft hackle streamers in this
particular case). The browns preferred yellow and
brown flies, fast retreives and would travel greater
distances to aggressively take a fly. Rainbows
preferred white, gray or olive, slower more natural
retreives and were less likely to move a great
distance for their meal.
Don JohnsonDON,
Interesting the Jack Gartside would state that Rainbows don't want to chase down prey & that Browns love to chase down prey long distances. My experiance has pretty much the opposite.. Steelhead(Rainbows) will track a Wetfly all the way across a river on the Wetfly swing, often taking it after it comes to rest directly downstream from your Position...sort of un-nervy to see a 22 inch plus Steelie tracking right behind your fly in the river, but It doesn't nail the fly until it stops in the Swing.
I tend to find that unless I put the fly damn near on top of a Brown(or in the case of a Nymph or Streamer...right in their face) The Browns will not move that far to eat my Fly...except with Wooly Buggers or Sculpin Buggers, then the Browns tend to move further to eat them..
Of Course, Maybe the game changes when Gartside fishes his Sorft hackle Streamers...This is why Flyfishing is never boring & you are always learning new techniques...
DEAN...
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