Nice post, Jim.. My favorite troutfishing experiences are of this type- observation and adaptation.
Add rule 3.b. Preparation may include a well-planned stream-side tying kit, and the mental preparation to know what to do with it based on your waterside observations. ;^ ) DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "J&A Burbank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] why tie stream side? > Now I realize that tying stream side isn't for everyone, but I do enjoy it > myself. I have a large Plano tackle box that holds most of my materials > other then my hackles (though it's getting too full). I don't take it with > me on day trip's just multi day camping trips. Last year when on a 4 day > trip to my favorite river we hit a caddis hatch just right and there were > fish rising everywhere. As I looked at the bugs and watched the fish taking > them I noticed two things. > 1. I didn't feel that the color on any of my caddis representations was > right, and I had a lot of them. > 2. The fish seemed to be taking the fluttering ones more then the ones with > their wings down. That's not to say that they were only taking the > fluttering ones just more often. > I looked in my box and examined every fly, (now ducking while I say this) > I tied on an Adams and cut the tail off. On my 3rd cast I had a nice little > 10" redside trout take the fly, I released him and started casting again. 3 > casts later I saw a mouth break the surface and suck down my fly. After a > good fight and I landed a very nice 18" Trout. After fishing the rest of the > day I thought about the fly I had been using and decided I could make it > better and simpler. I tied up a couple flies that were nothing more then a > black dubbed body and brown hackle. I caught fish left and right on this > pattern the whole weekend and did better then most everyone else on that > stretch of river. My friend tried caddis patterns of all kinds but didn't > have the success that I did on that simple little fly I tied stream side. > > Now that I've rambled on let me just say I also do it because I enjoy tying > stream side sometimes when the fishing is slow. > > Just my $0.02 worth > > Jim Burbank "Troutman" > > > > > > > > > > > John > > I still dont understand why anyone ties at the waterside. > > Tie more at home, carry some big fly boxes full of flies, > > and fish at the waterside.iain > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&D > I=7474&SU= > > > http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_addphotos_3 > mf > > > > >
