Dean, I think the steelies have a different eating habit than the bows he was fishing for, which happened to be in Montana. It is not to say the bows wouldn't chase them down; rather that they wouldn't move as far or act as aggressively as the browns, which were in spawning colors. This may explain why the browns act like the steelhead you refer to. I think also that his point was to illustrate that browns might be a bit more territorial than rainbows, thus explaining why in your experience the browines will move for a sculpin imitation and not a nymph.
DJ --- Dean Endress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DON, > > 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... > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site ===== http://www.geocities.com/salmn8r/caddisforkids.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
