Good comments, Murf. But I want to stay focused on pattern vs presentation, not pattern vs pattern.
If Byard was slaying them and you weren't, what would happen if you just swapped flies with each other and fished the same? Similar patterns fished a little bit differently? I was having a bad day on the Miracle Mile a few years ago. A friend recognized me and stopped to chat. He had a great day, releasing over 30 fish. I had one and had tried many things. To make a long story short, he rigged up and fished in the spot I was fishing in and caught a fish in the first drag through. I used his rod and fished the same fly through the same deep hole for 10 drags and got nada. He took the rod back and on the 2nd or 3rd cast caught another. He left me with the fly we were using and I fished it for an hour without success. Great pattern + my lousy presentation = zippolina fish. His 'knack' for fishing that fly was the trick. And I've had it go my way, too, especially on the N. Platte - the exact same way. So back to the original point. How much of success is due to the fly or to presentation? DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 1:50 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: presentation vs pattern- the great debate rages on... Usually, the best presenters (I admit to being the worst) catch the most fish but not always. Murf
