---Today, while any fly I flung was being rejected, I watched a fella spin fishing, who hauled out fish after fish. He released them all.
I guess my point is that he wasn't using a dead drift. He was moving the spinner - casting down and across, and retrieving it as it swung across current.
Steve, In Maryland
Steve,
It is really difficult to give you advice without being by your side, seeing the conditions, and observing your techinique. You will in the future have days where you, as the only flyfisher, will be ripping out one fish after another while the spin and bait fishermen look on in envy.
I have the nice situation of having a county library that has 240 volumes of flyfishing and flytying books in their collection. I am currently reading a book I think would be ideal for your needs. It is: Dave Whitlock's Guide to Aquatic Trout Foods. In it he discusses all the major categories of trout foods and how he has developed a series of fly patterns that cover the major variations of each with a minimum of Latin and confusion.
Best of all, Whitlock talks about how to fish the various flies both in streams and rivers and in stillwaters. His advice to my eyes is right on target.
Hope you get a chance to view this fine book by a fly fishing legend.
Wes Bend, Oregon
"It is better to ride the horse in the direction it is going" -Native American proverb
