Joyce, I tried everything but finally having coaxed a nice brown to a fly I pumped his stomach and found it full of case caddis. I switched to a chamois caddis and bingo, I was having a great day. I used the same fly the next day with same results. I caught them in riffles and in normal holes. Yes, these are weighted.
I also studied with Doug. He was a character. His daughter is a fine fly tyer. I am thinking of tying a fly that a fellow at Parks taught me. If I can remember. He swore it was unfair on the Provo but I guess I was the one that pushed the per centages his way. I had marginal success with it. It does look great. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce's crafts and flies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 1:23 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Rules about weight/fly orientation? DonO3 > Mike, what were you using on the Provo and how deep were you fishing? I do > weight my stoneflies..but minimally. I don't want to stiffle all the action. > Must admit, I did most of my "mentoring" with Doug Hoopes, fly fisher > extrodinaire, and he showed me that with a bit of weight ahead of a fly as > opposed to on the fly, we would catch fish more often with the unweighted > fly. But, that may only be because of the patterns and flies we were > fishing. > What flies were you using? Did well on the Provo with gray sowbugs, red > headed, with no weight at all ..just slinging them out and letting them > float down stream. Joyce >
